The latest in a series of high-capacity factory trawlers for the Russian Fishery Company has been launched at the Admiralty Shipyard in St Petersburg for outfitting to be completed at the dock.
This extensive fleet of new vessels is being built to replace a significantly larger fleet of elderly tonnage with more efficient vessels capable of carrying out sophisticated processing at sea. These 108-metre, 21-metre breadth trawlers are designed to operate on Alaska pollock and Pacific herring in North Pacific waters.
In addition to fillet production at sea, these trawlers are able to produce caviar, surimi, fishmeal and fish oil. These vessels have 5620 cubic metre fishrooms and accommodation for crews of up to 155 persons.
The ST-192 series is a Skipsteknisk concept, with subsequent design work completed by Russian naval architecture companies.
As with the other vessels in the series, this latest trawler is named after a prominent industry figure, Sergei Borisovich Ipatov, a successful skipper who spent thirty years in the fishing industry.
This new class of fishing vessels began with Vladimir Limanov, which was built in Turkey, followed by the rest of the series built at the Admiralty Shipyard.
Kapitan Ipatov is the seventh to be built in Russia, and construction is on progress on the eighth trawler, Alexander Buzakov. Both are scheduled to be completed this year and the final deliveries in the series are expected to be handed over to the Russian Fishery Company in 2027.
