Kleven has signed a contract with Spanish ship-owner Pesquera Ancora S.L.U on the building of a 80 m long stern trawler. The vessel is of NVC 374 WP design from Rolls-Royce, and is scheduled to be delivered in February 2018.
This will be the fourth vessel of the same Rolls-Royce design in Myklebust Verft’s order book; two vessels are ordered by DFFU in Germany, one by CDP Saint-Malo & Euronor in France, and this latest by Pesquera Ancora in Spain. In addition, the order book holds two live fish carriers for Norwegian owned Sølvtrans, a trawler for Gitte Henning in Denmark, and an offshore construction vessel for Volstad, based in Ålesund, Norway.
The stern trawler will be ICE 1A* classed, and operational efficiency, low emissions and comfort and safety for the crew have been important criterias in the development of the vessel design.
In February Vard Holdings Limited announced that it has secured a contract for the design and construction of one stern trawler for HAVFISK ASA. The contract value is approximately NOK 325 million.
The new vessel will be of VARD 8 02 design. With a length of 80 meters and featuring two separate cargo holds for refrigerated and frozen fish, a fish factory and a freezing capacity of 80 tons per 24 hours, the trawler will be the first of its kind.
Developed by Vard Design in Ålesund, this new vessel design reflects a high focus on safe operations, efficiency, cargo handling and the crew’s wellbeing. The hull will be built at Vard Braila in Romania. Delivery of the vessel is scheduled from Vard Søviknes in Norway in 1Q 2018. VARD developed a series of three fishing vessels for HAVFISK. Gadus Poseidon, Gadus Njord and Gadus Neptun were delivered in 2013 and 2014 respectively.
HAVFISK ASA is Norway’s largest trawler company with a fleet of 10 vessels. The operations are primarily based on cod, haddock, shrimps and saithe fishing. All fish are headed and gutted onboard, and the company is able to provide fresh and frozen fish throughout the year. HAVFISK is headquartered in Ålesund, Norway, and listed on the Norwegian stock exchange.
