Nueva Pescanova Group has seen off its new trawler Ponta Matirre, which is now on route to Mozambique where it will for fish the company’s Pescamar subsidiary.
Ponta Matirre is the second newbuild in a series of seven to be delivered to the company by Astilleros Armón, and follows Lalandii 1 which docked in Namibia at the end of the year to fish for hake for NovaNam.
The series of seven newbuilds for Nueva Pescanova consists of three 50 metre fresher trawlers to operate in Namibia and four freezer trawlers to fish in Mozambique. The overall investment by the group is put at €42.5 million.
The focus throughout the design of both groups of trawlers has been on high performance, while minimising emissions and fuel consumption, with a balance between fishing efficiency and energy efficiency. Virtual reality was used as a vital part of the design process, both in arranging crew quarters to provide a safe and comfortable working environment, as well as in laying out the deck to keep hauling and gear handling times down.
Ponta Matirre has a 32.1 metre overall length, a 700kW main engine and works with a crew of 22.
The name of the new trawler was selected with a poll among the company’s fishing skippers and the new trawler takes its name from a fishing area on the Sofala Bank, the prawn grounds where Pescamar’s vessels operate.
Built at the Astilleros Armón yard in Vigo, the series of seven modern fishing vessels for Nueva Pescanova Group supports 200 jobs in Galicia.
