Swedish company Searef reports it has installed a cargo hold refrigeration unit for the Sea Hawke, owned by the new Zealand''s company Forty South Limited.
It replaces a fan coil refrigeration unit which had proved inadequate over the past few years for the trawler's 90 cubic metre cargo hold.
To get round low headroom in the hold the Searef system S 2000 will consist of a single layer of polymer pipes in the roof using up only 10cm of space.
The refrigeration is small enough to sit in the engine room and water for chilling will come from the existing seawater pump.
The trawler will also have what Searef calls "a flexible, robust secondary refrigeration system with small charges of R 404 A to give temperature of zero degrees Centigrade in the hold without any fans, therefore avoiding to dry out the catch."
The owners expect to cut down ice consumption on board and the crew can cool off by getting air-conditioning in the wheelhouse and cabins if needed.
This is the second purchase by Forty South Limited from Searef -- they put a system in the commercial trawler Pacific Explorer which they had bought from Peru and refitted in Napier (NZ).
Forty South Limited operates 7 fishing vessels around the New Zealand coast.
