Saint-Petersburg based Admiralteyskie Verfi shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) has delivered large factory freezer trawler Mekhanik Maslak, one of the world’s most advanced ships, to Russian Fishery Company LLC (RFC), according to the Telegram channel of USC.
The trawler of Project СТ-192 was laid down on 8 April 2019 and launched on 23 June 2020.
The contract for the construction of a series of ten (8 + 2 optional) factory freezer trawlers for the Russian Fishery Company LLC (RFC) was signed in October 2017 as part of the state investment quotas program. State flag was hoist on the first ship, Kapitan Vdovichenko in July 2022.
Admiralteiskie Verfi continue construction of Mekhanik Sizov and Kapitan Martynov, the third and the fourth trawlers, respectively.
The ten trawlers ordered for Russian Fishery Company were designed for fishing pollock and herring with a pelagic trawl in the Barents and Okhotsk seas, as well as in the adjacent basins of the Eastern coast of Russia. The CT-192 trawler will feature the state-of-the-art equipment for waste-free processing and freezing of fish; storage and transportation to ports; produce of fish oil, pollock roe, minced meat and fish meal. The vessel has fishprocessing and flour-grinding plants, for preserving of 60-80 tonnes of fish fillets, 80 tonnes of minced surimi meat and 250 tonnes of fish meal daily.
Key characteristic of СТ-192 design: LOA: 108.2 m, BOA: 21 m, depth: 11.55 m; maximum draft: 8.35 m; displacement (loaded): 11,873 t, ice class - ICE 1 A; designed speed: 16 knots; main propulsion engine: 8,120 kW; capacity of cargo holds: 5,620 cbm; crew: 40; plant personnel: up to 99; endurance – 45 days. Class notation - KM IA Super (hull) Ice 3 (power) AUT 1 REF BWM (T) Fishing vessel by Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.
The ship designer – Marine Engineering Bureau - SPb.
Admiralteiskie Verfi JSC (Admiralty Shipyards) is a key enterprise of shipbuilding, a centre of conventional submarine building of Russia. The Company’s staff exceeds 8,000 persons. The shipyard is affiliated with the United Shipbuilding Corporation. Two series of submarines are under construction now for RF and foreign Navies as well as a series of patrol icebreakers for RF Navy and a series of large shipping trawlers.
RFC is one of the largest producers of Pollock globally. The company is among the three leading Russian producers of wild white fish. The main harvested species are Pollock and Pacific Нerring. RFC is engaged in fishing in the far Eastern fisheries basin. The Company’s large fishing vessels are well suited to work in all fishing areas and under all climate conditions. They are equipped with modern fishing and processing equipment from leading international suppliers that enables the vessels to harvest different types of seafood. Strategic goals of the Company involve increasing the output of high value-added products due to fleet modernization, building of new, state-of-the-art supertrawlers and coastal processing plants.