Kapitan Martynov delivered to Russian Fishery Company

The 108-metre LOA, 21-metre breadth Kapitan Martynov is the fourth in the Russian-built series of ST-192 factory trawlers designed to fish for Alaska pollock and herring in the Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk.

These trawlers are designed for a catch rate of around 60,000 tonnes annually, and the overall planning is to replace the company’s fleet of ageing Soviet-era tonnage with a smaller number of more efficient vessels with more economic running costs and lower emissions.

The factory deck onboard Kapitan Martynov has capacity to produce fillets, mince, surimi, fish oil and fishmeal, as well as having a canning plant for roe and other products. The freezing capacity for fillets is around 80 tonnes per day and there is also an 80-tonne/day surimi plant. The meal plant is capable of producing approximately 40 tonnes per day. The refrigerated fishroom space measures 5,620 cubic metres.

Accommodation on board Kapitan Martynov is for a crew of up to 155.

“It is a great honour for me to become the godmother of this vessel. We are proud of the success of the shipbuilders of the Admiralty Shipyards, who have completed such a large-scale project. This is rightfully one of the most modern and technologically advanced supertrawlers in the world,” Viktoria Abramchenko said as the flag was raised onboard Kapitan Martynov.

RFC general director Olga Naumova commented that the company now has four new vessels in operation, and these are showing excellent production rates.

Kapitan Martynov follows new trawlers Kapitan Vdovichenko, Mekhanik Maslak and Mekhanik Sizov, all built at Admiralty Shipyards. They were preceded by the lead vessel in the series, Vladimir Limanov, which was built at Tersan in Turkey.

The next vessels in the series, Kapitan Yunak and Mekhanik Shcherbakov, are currently under construction at the Admiralty Shipyards.