Iceland's Síldarvinnslan hf. Advances Acquisition of New Freezer-Processing Fishing Vessel

en.Wedoany.com Reported - On November 10, Icelandic fisheries company Síldarvinnslan hf. announced that its acquisition offer for a newbuild freezer-processing trawler from Turkish shipyard Tersan Shipyard had been accepted. The vessel has a length of 90 meters and a beam of 18 meters, and is equipped with a 6,100 kW main engine, a 2,700 m³ frozen fish hold, and freezing equipment with a daily capacity of approximately 250 tonnes, as well as fishmeal and fish oil processing facilities. The purchase is part of the company's fleet renewal plan and is expected to replace the existing freezer-processing trawler Blængur.

The new vessel is a freezer-processing fishing vessel that has already been completed and is currently held by the Turkish shipyard. In addition to fish freezing facilities, its onboard processing system also includes fishmeal and fish oil production equipment, with a fishmeal hold capacity of 600 m³. Compared with ordinary trawlers that only handle fishing and catch storage, the vessel can complete fish processing, frozen preservation, and by-product treatment at sea, reducing the pressure of raw material transport and onshore processing links and improving the utilization capacity of catches per voyage.

The vessel's main dimensions are 90 meters in length and 18 meters in beam, with a main engine power of 6,100 kW, a frozen fish hold capacity of 2,700 m³, and a daily freezing capacity of approximately 250 tonnes. These configurations enable it to undertake large-scale continuous fishing and onboard processing tasks. Síldarvinnslan hf. stated that the new vessel will still require technical adjustments according to the fishing grounds and target species actually operated by the company, and the relevant work will be incorporated into the final transaction and delivery arrangements.

The construction background of this vessel is related to an original planned Russian order. According to Turkish media reports, Russian company Tikhrybcom ordered the vessel in November 2020, originally planned for Alaska pollock fishing in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea, with initial delivery planned for mid-2023.

The Blængur to be replaced was built in 1973, originally constructed in Spain, converted into a freezer-processing fishing vessel in 1985, and underwent hull lengthening in 2000, increasing its length to 79 meters. Síldarvinnslan hf. purchased the vessel in June 2015. The new vessel has larger operating specifications in terms of length, frozen hold capacity, and daily processing capacity.