The 70-metre Frøyanes has been delivered to owners Ervik Havfiske and is on its way home to Norway from its builder in Turkey.
The latest vessel to carry the Frøyanes name is a unique combination – designed by Marin Teknikk as a multi-rig trawler capable of shrimping for part of the year, and with a moonpool in the forward section optimised to handle crab pots. Frøyanes is expected to start on the snow crab fishery in the new year.
Shrimping trawling is something new for Ervik Havfiske, which has specialised in operating longliners although the company has already branched out into the crab fishery over the last few years.
The crabbing side of the new vessel’s layout centres around a moonpool set in the hull, so gear can be hauled direct into the heart of the vessel instead of the conventional option of hauling traps over the side onto a more or less exposed deck.
This utilises the designer’s and the operator’s experience with the moonpool concept, and for longlining this has been shown to be effective, providing gentler catch handling. According to the company, this approach will have less adverse effects on the hen crabs that are dropped back, reducing pressure on the stock of snow crab. The moonpool is also less vulnerable to ice, high seas and heavy weather, providing the crew with a safer working environment and this layout is combined with a new hauling system for handling crab traps.
Carsoe has developed an innovative processing deck for Frøyanes, capable of handling both shrimp and crab catches.
Propulsion for the MT1217 vessel is a specially adapted and optimised arrangement of conventional diesel-mechanical and diesel-electric systems, which combine with optimised hull lines to deliver economic operation under both modes of fishing.
Accommodation on board is for a crew of up to 35.
Ervik Havfiske and Marin Teknikk have a long shared history of collaboration behind them, going back more than 25 years and since 2011 new vessels have taken shape at the Tersan yard in Turkey.
The Frøyanes name has a longstanding presence, since Stig Ervik and Kjell-Magne Ervik bought their first longliner and named it after a boat that their grandfathers had owned.
