Russia's FOR Group places new freezer trawler into service

Russian seafood company the FOR Group formally placed a new freezer trawler into service during a ceremony in Saint Petersburg on Friday, June 20.

Kapitan Taran belongs to a series of freezer trawlers, the lead example of which was handed over to the FOR Group in 2023. Construction took place at Vyborg Shipyard.

Like earlier sister Dmitry Kozharsky, Kapitan Taran was designed by local company Marine Engineering Bureau primarily for bottom trawling and was built in compliance with the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping's ice class three requirements.

The newbuild has a length of 80.4 metres, a beam of 15.4 metres, a draught of 6.51 metres, a displacement of 5,563 tonnes, a gross tonnage of 3,755, and accommodations for 46 crewmembers and fish processing personnel.

Power is provided by a 4,640 kW main engine that can deliver a speed of 15 knots while the remainder of the propulsion setup includes a 600kW bow thruster, 1,000kW and 520kW diesel generators, a 3,250kW shaft generator, and a 110kW emergency generator.

Kapitan Taran will be operated by FOR subsidiary LKT in the North Atlantic as well as the Barents and Norwegian Seas.