Vacon, manufacturer of AC drives, will deliver 81 AC drives for three new fishing trawlers, owned by Aker Seafoods.
The new vessels will be built at the STX shipyard in Braila, Romania and will be further outfitted and commissioned at STX Brattvaag, Norway.
The design of the new 70m STX FV01 trawlers will replace that of the older vessels, improving fuel efficiency and capacity for Aker Seafoods. The efficient operation of the trawls and equipment relies on 27 advanced winch systems controlled by Vacon's AC drives. The winch control systems are based on Vacon's new modular engineered common DC bus technology.
The first delivery of AC drives for the trawlers took place in June this year.
"Finally, it seems that the market starts to pick up again after all these years," says Per Halvor Rønningen, general manager of Vacon Norway.
