New netter/longliner Ingeborg Arntsen, built by Vestværft for Lofoten brothers Jack-Allan and Hans-Michael Arntsen, represents a serious step up over their older vessel in terms of both operational efficiency and the living and working conditions on board.
The 20.99-metre LOA, 8.50-metre breadth replaces the 19-metre Tommy Junior which the brothers acquired in 2007.
Ingeborg Arntsen has a 735kW MAN D2862LE447 main engine, and auxiliary engines are also from MAN. All engines are equipped with SCR systems meeting IMO Tier III requirements. The propeller and gear are from Finnøy, and there are two electric thrusters from Hundested A/S.
The new vessel is outfitted with an advanced hybrid propulsion system. Surplus energy is saved by peak shaving to a 315kWh battery pack. When the vessel is operating the need for energy varies considerably and the battery pack maked the energy usage more efficient, resutling in a fuel saving. The battery pack is funded by the state Enova fund.
This is an advanced propulsion system of the kind usually seen on larger vessels, and propulsion power can be derived from the auxiliaries or diesel-electric propulsion, or from the energy stored on the battery.
The hydraulic winches and drums, electric gillnet stacker and anchor winch are manufactured and installed by Thyborøn Skibs- and Motor A/S.
Ingeborg Arntsen has an 11,000 litres/day slush ice system that delivers ice slush to both washers and the 56 containers that hold the catch. Each container holds around 500 kilos of fish.
While the old Tommy Junior had two cabins for the whole crew, Ingeborg Arntsen has five cabins, as well as a more spacious galley and mess area.
Ingeborg Arntsen arrived in Napp from the yard in Hvide Sande this month and is not expected to start fishing before the autumn, starting on cod off the Finnmark coast and later on cod and Greenland halibut off Lofoten.
