New purse seiner/pelagic trawler Skår Senior has been delivered by the Stadyard to owner Roy Skår.
Skår Senior has a 48.30 metre overall length with a 12 metre beam and a carrying capacity of around 420 tonnes in its 500 cubic metre tanks. Accommodation on board is for a crew of ten.
Handed over to its owners in Måløy at the weekend, Skår Senior’s christening will take place at the owner’s quay in Fosnavåg in May, and Roy Skår expects to be ready to start fishing on North Sea herring on 18th May.
This new pelagic vessel replaces the older Jøkul. Roy Skår started the company together with his sister, father, and Jan Arve Drabløs in 1994, and this is not the first time they have worked with the fishing and shipyard community around Måløy.
‘The work Stadyard has done is impressive. Great collaboration throughout the construction period has made this a fantastic process,’ he said, who has been at the yard throughout the outfitting process.
‘This is the second newbuild delivered to us from Raudeberg. The previous vessel with the name Skår Senior was delivered from Båtbygg AS at Raudeberg back in 2002. We also bought Sildaskjær here, so we almost consider ourselves as locals.’
The Marin Teknikk-designed Skår Senior is a combination purse seiner and pelagic trawler, and will fish for capelin, herring, and mackerel. The hull and propulsion systems are optimised for low fuel consumption and low emissions.
The new vessel has been completed with input from numerous local subcontractors and suppliers, many of which are part of the Måløy Maritime Group.
‘This is the first vessel we deliver to Herøy municipality, and as usual with our newbuilds, we have used as many local suppliers as possible,’ said Stadyard project manager Trond Kongshaug, commenting that this is a vessel they are proud to deliver.
‘Many of the members of Måløy Maritime Group have been involved, such as Ulvesund Elektro as the overall supplier for the electrical and all electronic systems, Verlo delivered the Yanmar main engine, and Isovent, Sentronik and Båtbygg have also been closely involved.’
