The Norwegian shipyard Solstrand completed and delivered its latest building, the MFV Altaire, to her Scottish owner Altaire Fishing Company, from the Shetland Islands, last month. The ownership of Altaire is shared by seven people but only two of them, John Peter Duncan and Jerry Ramsay, will be going to sea. The new pelagic trawler will fish for herring and mackerel in the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
The contract was signed in June 2002 and the co-operation between yard and owner has been very good throughout the building period, a statement from the shipyard says. MFV Altaire is the first vessel delivered to Shetland by Solstrand, and the Norwegian shipyard expects the new vessel to become a good reference for Solstrand in the UK waters.
The pelagic trawler was designed by Skipsteknisk in Aalesund, Norway. She has a total length of 76,20 meters and the beam is 15m. The loading capacity is 2500 cum, with 13 cargo tanks arranged for cooling with circulated sea water. The RSW machinery is from Teknotherm AS in Halden, Norway and the capacity for this plant is 2 x 1.000.000 kcal/h divided on two equal compressor plants. Cooling media is ammonia.
The main engine is a Wärsilä 16V32 on 8000 kW (blocked output on 6485 kW) connected to a CP propeller with diameter 4,3 m. in nozzle via a Wärtsilä gearbox type SCV 105.
The auxiliaries are make Mitsubishi, two S6R-MPTK-F 635kW, and one 6D24TC harbor generator, 215kW
Rudder is from Becker and the steering gear is delivered by Rolls-Royce Marine, Tenfjord Norway. Side thrusters come from Brunvoll, one stern 1300 HP, one bow 1500 HP.
Karmøy Winch has delivered the winches and hydraulic system. The two trawl winches are 115 ton winches. The top line winch is 80 Ton. The main net drums takes 42 cum each, and the midline takes 15 cum net. The fore cranes were delivered by Karmøy Winch as well. The steel hull was built in Istanbul, Turkey by SEDEF Shipyard.
Several local suppliers and sub-contractors have contributed to make MFV Altaire a quality product, reports Solstrand. Vik Elektro have supplied and carried out the electrical installation, Maritim Montering and Maritime Møbler have delivered and fitted the furniture's and accommodation.
The wheelhouse consoles and installation work has been carried out by the shipyard's own carpenters. Radars, electronic and fish finding equipment was delivered by H. Williamson & Sons from Shetland. The ownership of Altaire is spited into seven parts, but only two are still go to sea. This is John Peter Duncan and Jerry Ramsay. The Altaire will fish for herring and mackerel. Operation area will be in the North Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean.
