In June 2013, Polish Shipyard Poltramp began the construction of a 20.99 x 8.5m longliner for a Norwegian customer.
In August this year the new vessel, having completed successful fishing trips, travelled to Trondheim, Norway for the Nor-Fishing exhibition on behalf of Poltramp.
While attending the show, with the Cummins Marine display, Jon Folkedal, Cummins Norway Marine sales manager, took the opportunity to go onboard the M/V Grotle. There he met with owner Birger Grotle who expressed satisfaction with the vessel’s performance to date. Mr Grotle, who with other family members owns the vessel, founded a fishing company that is now run by his sons. Mr Folkedal reports, “They are so far very happy with both our 1000 HP or 746 kW at 1800 RPM K38-M main engine and the two QSM11/Stamford generator sets.”
The vessel’s crew also explained that the longliner, with up to 25,000 hooks available, is producing very high quality product. The big 250 kW gensets provide power for an automated gutting line as well as freezing and storage in the 170 cubic metres of freezer hold. The FAS catch is delivered in an extremely high-quality form. The freezer hold is set forward allowing for the engine room to be set well aft.
The IMO Tier II and EPA Tier 2 compliant engine turns a gear, shaft and controllable pitch 2.2-meter propeller. The Norwegian gear manufacturer Heimdal supplied the gear-to-prop propulsion system components.
