Tersan Shipyard has signed a new contract for a second freezer stern trawler with JSC Okeanrybflot Russia.
The vessel will be the sister of NB1096 which is already under construction and will be launched in June 2020.
“We are pleased and proud to sustain our good cooperation with Okeanrybflot with this second vessel,” said Mehmet Gazioglu, managing director of Tersan.
“This order will consolidate our presence in the Russian market where we also have a number of different types of technologically complicated vessel orders. We are very proud to work with JSC Okeanrybflot, which is among the biggest fishing companies in Russia. We are looking for the successful delivery of this trawler, on time and on budget in 2022," he added.
The new vessel will be among the world’s largest purpose-built factory trawlers and will trawl Alaska pollock in the Sea of Okhotsk, as well as herring, mackerel and pollock in the Pacific. The vessel is arranged for pelagic and semi-pelagic trawling, using two main trawl winches working in combination with ice trawl gallows and four large pelagic sweepline drums.
The Skipsteknisk-designed vessel will be 108 by 20 metres with accommodation for up to 150, and will be able to work non-stop for 11 months without returning to port. The vessel will fly under theRussian flag and has RMRS class, including substantial ice reinforcements, reefer notation, and one-man bridge class.
