Innovative new crabber

Ny Frøyanes will also be the first ever crab vessel installed with a moonpool. The moonpool is expected to lead to more efficient fishing as the vessel is less vulnerable to tough weather. It is also designed to ensure gentler handling of the catch.

According to Carsoe, a primary focus in the production design has been to reduce the steam from cooking the crab catch. Therefore, a carefully planned production flow encapsulates the steam and prevents it from being released to the production environment.

Carsoe Senior Sales Manager Bjørn Ståle Bjørkavåg explained, “We are very proud to contribute to this innovative vessel with a ground-breaking cooking process. This may very well set a new standard for safe onboard processing of crab.”

On the vessel’s factory deck are two complete processing lines – one for shrimp and one for crab.

Aside from the innovative crab cooking equipment, the crab line also includes a butchering station, and the capacity to grade and clean, freeze and glaze of up to 20 tonnes of crab legs per day.

The dual shrimp processing line includes by-catch separators, grading and cooking. Cooked shrimp are frozen in two IQF freezers with a daily capacity of 22 tonnes of IQF frozen shrimp. Also, five vertical freezers ensure a 20-tonne capacity for shrimp in blocks.

Following the processing lines, all finished products proceed to a compact solution for automatic sorting of the products. Each product type is then palletised in clean pallets for minimum handling on shore.

The Carsoe factory deck also includes an elevator to the cargo hold as well as an offloading elevator shipside with flexible offloading height towards quayside, compensating for high and low tides.

The new vessel was a finalist for the Nor-Fishing Innovation Award 2022 for the new moonpool design.

Ervik Havfiske mainly fishes for cod, haddock, ling, tusk and catfish in the North Atlantic.