The latest in the series of ten vessels being built at the Admiralty Shipyards for the Russian Fishery Company has been launched.
Kapitan Yunak is the fifth in the series and has been floated off at the Admiralty Shipyard in St Petersburg. It is scheduled to be completed and operational early next year.
The 108-metre Kapitan Yunak is built to an ST-192 design to have capacity to process 60,000 tonnes of fish annually on board, targeting promarily pollock and herring in the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk. The new vessels joining the Russian Fishery Company fleet have approximately 2.5 times the catching and processing capacity of the old Soviet-era tonnage they replace, while also being more economic and safe to operate.
These new trawlers also offer a wider range of processing options, including the production consumer-ready products.
The ten vessels being built at the Admiralty Shipyard are being constructed under the Russian government’s investment quotas mechanism, designed to boost investment in both fisheries and shipbuilding and domestic shipyards.
‘We are launching the fifth vessel built to the ST-192 design by the Admiralty Shipyards for the Russian Fishing Company. These vessels are the most technologically advanced, safe, and modern trawlers for catching pollock and herring not only in the Russian Far East, but also in the world,’ stated Saveliy Dmitrievich Karpushin, general director of the Russian Fishing Company.
