Norwegian longliner company Leinebris AS has chosen Carsoe as the factory supplier for its fleet’s newest addition – a vessel bearing the company’s name that will be outfitted to combine seine netting, longlining and gillnetting.
Leinebris is being built at Tersan Shipyard in Turkey and is scheduled for delivery in 2025.
With a complete factory deck designed for efficient and high-capacity production as well as an automated palletising and handling section, the new vessel will be a significant upgrade from its predecessor of the same name.
Longliners are new to Carsoe, but Sales Manager Trond Bjørnøy has been part of the Norwegian longlining sector for many years.
“It is a great pleasure to lead Carsoe into this new market,” he said. “I look forward to visiting the yard and staying up to date on the progress of the new vessel,” Bjørnøy said.
V16 freezers are an essential part of any longliner factory. These high-capacity freezers are designed for space optimisation, while the automatic bottom unloading reduces manual labour and optimises the production flow.
As the global exclusive manufacturer of the unloading system for the V16 freezer, the complete processing line will be designed, built and installed by Carsoe.
Once the frozen blocks are discharged from the freezers, they continue to automatic palletising and handling. This section of the factory has been optimised with a complete and coherent palletising system including cargo elevators. This ensures an automated and continuous flow of complete pallets to the cargo hold.
When reaching port, the integrated offloading elevators transport the palletised products from the cargo hold to the shipside. From here, the pallets can be offloaded using a truck directly from the quayside. This means quick offloading with no need for cranes and additional manpower quayside.
With a well-designed flow through the heading and gutting stations to the V16 freezers, the catch is quickly and efficiently processed to maintain the high-quality of the catch.
In addition to the Carsoe factory, onboard silage production and handling of by-products ensure that all fish that come onboard are fully utilised.
According to Leinebris, its new vessel is designed with the very best equipment and technology to ensure that the fish is treated in the best possible way.
“We aim to fish for the future and take care of the resources we have in the best possible way. So we have to both think new and build new. The sum of all the new investments means that we will reach the sustainability target by 2030 and limit our footprint on the sea,” Leinebris Manager Paul Harald Leinebø and Chairman Åge Uran said in statement.
