Bilbao, Spain’s Zamakona Yards has delivered the live fish carrier Inter Atlantic to Norwegian owner Intership. The vessel is the first of the two newbuilds from Zamakona for the same owner.
Inter Atlantic has been designed by NSK Ship Design and has a load capacity of 2,200 cubic metres.
The new wellboat’s designed is focused on promoting good fish welfare, fish handling and biosecurity. The fish handling system is delivered by MMC First Process and the vessel is equipped with a high capacity freshwater production system, capable of producing 5,000 cubic metres of freshwater per day.
Since 2016, Intership has taken the lead in developing freshwater treatment for lice and amoebic gill disease (AGD) using a reverse osmosis (RO) system.
Over the past six years, the company has gained extensive operational experience in freshwater production and treatments. This has been used to develop and improve the technology, resulting in an RO system that provides a low-cost, highly efficient, and environmentally-friendly method for dealing with the lice and AGD challenges faced by salmon farmers.
“Freshwater treatment is possibly the gentlest method used to treat of salmon, and it is therefore with great pleasure that we take delivery of another newbuild, with our industry leading freshwater production and treatment setup,” Intership CEO Ole Peter Brandal said.
Inter Atlantic will commence operations for a salmon farmer in Scotland, before moving to Canada.
