Op-Ed: Engineering insights when building a trawler
By Jim Towers, PE Principal in Charge, Elliott Bay Design Group Constructing a new factory trawler fishing vessel in the United States is not an undertaking for the faint of heart. Thinking
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New U.S.-built trawler-processor Arctic Fjord starts sea trials
Arctic Fjord, the first new trawler-processor for Alaskan pollock to be built in the U.S. in over three decades is now undergoing sea trials in the Northern Pacific. Ordered from Houma, La.,
New stern trawler will feature a hull-integrated marine cooling system
Fincantieri’s Norwegian shipbuilding and design subsidiary Vard has placed a contract with Hydroniq Coolers to deliver the marine seawater cooling system for a newbuild stern trawler it is designing and constructing. The
EBDG supports trawler modernization project
Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) is supporting Rockland, Maine, headquartered O’Hara Corporation as it modernizes its 204-foot factory trawler, Alaska Spirit. The vessel has been fishing Alaska’s Bering Sea since 1989 when
Vard to build advanced trawler for Luntos
Russian deepwater fishing company Luntos Co. Ltd. has ordered a state-of-the-art stern trawler from Fincantieri Group member Vard. To be built to Vard 8 02 design, the 80.4 m x 16.7 m
Thoma-Sea picks TMC compressor system for advanced trawler
FEBRUARY 4, 2019 — Houma, LA, shipbuilder Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, L.L.C. has awarded TMC Compressors of the Seas (TMC) a contract to deliver a complete marine compressed air system for the 100
Rolls-Royce to design and equip advanced stern trawler
JANUARY 2, 2019 — Rolls-Royce has signed a contract to deliver the ship design and an extensive range of equipment for a 70 m stern trawler ordered by AS, based in Troms
Canadian owner orders advanced freezer trawler
DECEMBER 3, 2018 — St. John’s, Newfoundland, based Ocean Choice International has ordered a state of the art 74 m x 16 m Arctic class freezer trawler. Designed by Norway’s Skipsteknisk, it
Wärtsilä hooks design contract for advanced Russian factory trawler
OCTOBER 26, 2018 — Wärtsilä is to provide the ship design for a state-of-the-art factory fishing trawler to be built for RK Lenina at the Yantar shipyard, Kaliningrad, Russia. The vessel will
MAN power and propulsion packages picked for giant factory trawlers
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 — MAN Energy Solutions is to supply the propulsion system for seven 109-meter Russian fishing vessels that will be the largest purpose-built factory trawler newbuildings in more than 25