New Series of Trawlers Built to RS class
Construction of a new series of trawler-seiner pr. SK-3101R has been commenced at the Shipyard Yantar (Kaliningrad).
Project SK-3101R was designed by Skipskompetanse, Norway. The trawler is intended for fishery using bottom and pelagic trawls, bottom net and seiner net. The caught fish will be stored in six sea-water cooled cargo tanks (RSW type) of 800 cubic meters in capacity. The storage technology will enable the take to be kept fresh for seven days.
Main particulars
- length overall: 50.6 m
- breadth: 12 m
- depth: 10 m
- main engine output: approximately 2,200 kW
- gross tonnage: 1,140
- deadweight: 1,260 t
RS class notation: KM(*) Ice3 AUT1 fishing vessel. Launching of a lead ship is scheduled for June, 2017. The complete series will be delivered to the customer in 2018.
The fishing fleet amounts to one third of the total number of ships flying the flag of the Russian Federation and classed by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS). As of June 1, 2016, more than 1,100 fishing vessels are registered by RS.
