Celiktrans Shipyard has delivered groundfish trawler Sigurbjörg ÁR-67 to the Westman Islands-based fishing company

Celiktrans Shipyard in Turkey has delivered the 48.1 metre LOA, 14-metre breadth groundfish trawler Sigurbjörg ÁR-67. It was built to a Nautic design for the Westman Islands-based fishing company.

Envisaged as a demersal groundfish trawler with options for trawling for shrimp or langoustines, Sigurbjörg was ordered by Siglufjörður company Rammi. In the meantime, the company merged with Ísfélag. This didn’t result in any changes to the trawler on order, other than the new vessel acquiring Ísfélag’s colour scheme and emblem.

The innovative design, with its pronounced inverted Enduro Bow, follows on from the successful operation of three 55-metre Nautic-designed trawlers that were built at the same yard for Brim (at the time, HB Grandi) and four 62-metre vessels built for Samherji and FISK Seafood at Cemre, designed by Nautic’s long-time collaborator Skipatækni.

These all featured Nautic’s Enduro Bow design and their performance over some years was enough to convince Sigurbjörg’s owners that this was the right way to go.