Fremherji, the Faroe Islands-based, family-owned fishing company, recently took delivery of a new combination purse seiner and trawler built by Karstensens Skibsværft of Denmark.
The 87.8-metre long Høgaberg replaces an earlier vessel of the same name. The design and construction focused mainly on optimising working, safety and comfort for the crew, streamlining of catch handling and storage facilities, and minimising fuel consumption.
The hull is built in steel with three continuous decks. The wheelhouse, the boat decks, the funnel, and the masts are built in aluminium.
The hull shape is of round bilge construction with a bulbous bow and stern skeg, a vertical wave-piercer, and a transom stern.
The vessel is fitted with two 3,600kW main engines connected to one reduction gearbox and driving one propeller. A 2,300kW shaft alternator is fitted to the front drive of each main engine. To supply additional electrical power, the vessel is fitted with two auxiliary generators that each produce 565 kWe.
During heaving/shooting operations when the winch system is in use, the shaft alternators will be engaged, and electrical power will be supplied from here. When there is demand for full power on the winches, there will normally not be same demand for power on the propulsion system. Following the main engine will be the power source for both the propulsion and the hydraulic system.
Høgaberg was designed and built in compliance with DNV class rules.