New trawlers have been delivered to owners in Russia and Norway while construction continues on a new sail-fitted longliner and a wellboat in Spain. A Norwegian operator has selected a Spanish builder to supply a new wellboat powered by a hybrid arrangement.
Astilleros Armón Navia has launched the 36.47-metre hybrid surface longliner Oventura for Galician owner Veraguas Lar at its Navia yard in Spain in September.
The 482GT vessel has a beam of nine metres. Her propulsion package combines diesel-electric drive and battery storage with photovoltaic panels and a rigid wing sail intended to provide wind-assisted propulsion.
Construction is continuing, with completion targeted for late 2027. Trials in Spanish fishing grounds are planned before the vessel proceeds to her intended ocean fishing areas.
Havbryn, a fishing company based in Norway's Vesterålen archipelago, recently took delivery of a new stern and pelagic trawler designed and built by Vard.
The vessel, which is also named Havbryn, is outfitted for both semi-pelagic and bottom trawling operations with gentle handling to meet the latest demands for fish health management, efficiency, and environment-friendly operations.
The trawler has a length of 80.4 metres, a beam of 16.7 metres, and a factory capable of producing cut gutted fish as well as fish meal and oil. The vessel's hull has been strengthened in compliance with ice class 1A requirements.
Frøy’s 4,500-cubic-metre wellboat Frøy Frohav was launched at Astilleros de Murueta’s Erandio shipyard near Bilbao, Spain, on September 24.
The 87.7-metre-long live-fish carrier has a beam of 20.6 metres and will operate for Norwegian salmon producer SalMar under a long-term agreement. The company expects the vessel to be completed in October 2027.
Frøy announced the SalMar agreement on September 4 alongside a separate long-term agreement covering another service vessel, also slated to enter the latter’s operational fleet.
The companies said the two vessels drew on experience from their current operations and were designed around SalMar’s future requirements.
Norwegian aquaculture vessel operator Brønnbåt Nord has ordered an 86.8-metre battery-hybrid wellboat from Spain’s Zamakona Yards for delivery in 2029.
Designed by Norwegian naval architecture firm NSK Ship Design, the vessel will have a well capacity of 5,000 cubic metres. It will feature battery-hybrid operation, shore power, an advanced energy recovery system, and onboard freshwater production.
Treatment equipment will support freshwater use as well as thermal and mechanical methods. The vessel is intended primarily for fish treatment and handling, but it will also undertake other wellboat work, including the transport of smolt and harvest-ready fish.
The project represents an investment of around NOK1 billion (US$110 billion). Steel cutting is planned for March or April 2027, with outfitting and completion to take place at Zamakona’s facilities in Bilbao.
Russia's United Shipbuilding Corporation, through its Admiralty Shipyards division, delivered the freezer trawler Mekhanik Shcherbakov (Механик Щербаков) to the Russian Fishery Company during a ceremony in Saint Petersburg on Friday, September 18.
The Project ST192 vessel is the sixth trawler completed under a 10-vessel contract signed in October 2017. The order forms part of Russia’s quota-based state investment scheme, which supports domestic fishing vessel construction and fleet renewal.
Mekhanik Shcherbakov is designed to catch up to 60,000 tonnes of fish annually. Her onboard factory can produce 60 to 80 tonnes of fillets and 80 tonnes of minced surimi per day.
Fishmeal production capacity is 250 tonnes per day.