The latest in a series of crabber for the North-West Fishing Consortium has been handed over to its owners.
Built to the same design as Vaigach, which was delivered in 2022, Kildin has a 61.90-metre overal length and a 15-metre beam, and has been built under the Russian government’s investment quotas programme.
Kildin was constructed at the Krasnoe Sormovo yard, part of Russian shipbuilding giant USC, at the facility in Nizhny Novgorod, before being transferred to St Petersburg at the end of last year for outfitting and test runs in the Baltic. It is built to operate in Arctic water and to process up to 40 tonnes of crab per day. It has a 50-day design endurance, and capacity to tranship processed catches at sea.
Kildin has a 2720kW main engine, providing an 11-knot service speed.
‘This is a significant event for both investors and shipbuilders. Vessels like these inspire confidence in the future of the Russian fishing industry and its technological success,’ said Federal Agency for Fisheries head Ilya Shestakov at the handover ceremony.
‘Kildin is a clear example of how investment quotas translate into concrete results – a modern fleet, careful stewardship of resources, and decent working conditions for crew.’
