Wellboat company North Salmon Service has chosen HAV Design as a cooperation partner in developing its new ammonia-fuelled wellboat.
North Salmon Service and HAV Design have together applied for and been awarded financial support from Enova to conduct a six-month preliminary project to develop the wellboat.
“As wellboat operator we have a strong desire to contribute towards limiting our climate and environmental footprint associated with production of salmon. That is why we want to assess the possibility of developing a wellboat that through use of ammonia as ship fuel may have zero emission potential,” said Arnt Erling Paulsen, managing director of North Salmon Service.
Environmentally friendly
The vessel will be equipped with a dual-fuel engine capable of sailing with ammonia as fuel. The intention is also that the vessel will be outfitted with the most advanced equipment available in order to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
HAV Design will design the vessel and optimise it technologically to carry out wellboat operations and at the same time ensure maximum utilisation of green fuels. To achieve this, North Salmon Service and HAV Design will contribute with their respective specialist competence within operating profiles for ships and operational know-how for wellboats.
The companies said they will together identify technologies and subcontractors that can contribute towards the long-term target of building an ammonia-fuelled wellboat. But, HAV Design’s sister company HAV Hydrogen could be a potential cooperation partner for the preliminary project.
North Salmon Service, which is owned by PH Invest Herøy, Nova Sea and Salten Aqua, today operates two wellboats for Nova Sea, Salten Aqua and other associated customers.
HAV Design is a subsidiary of HAV Group ASA, headquartered in Fosnavåg, Norway.
