Rolls Royce : wins order for Live Fish Carrier vessel

Friday, 15 January 2016

Rolls-Royce has signed an order for a Live Fish Carrier. This will be the third vessel developed by Rolls-Roycefor the Norwegian ship owner Sølvtrans AS, one of the world's largest transporters of live fish.

The Rolls-Roycedesigned vessel of type NVC 387 is to be built by the shipbuilding company Kleven at their Myklebust yard in Norway, and the contract with the yard includes an option for a second ship. The previous two vessels of similar design to Sølvtrans were built in Spain.

Monrad Hide, Rolls-Royce, VP Sales Europe said: 'Sølvtrans requires vessels with the highest level of technology, redundancy and environmental solutions. We are proud to be chosen again to develop their fleet renewal. Our innovative ship design ensures cost effective operations and fuel efficiency as well as low emissions.'

The live fish carrier has a load capacity of 3200 m and its three tanks can take in up to approximately 500 tonnes of live fish in total. In order to transport live fish efficiently and in a healthy condition from fish farms to fish processing plants on shore, spacious temperature controlled tanks are required in the hold of the ship. The priority for this type of operation is to get the fish to the end consumer as fresh as possible, and this specifically tailored Rolls-Royceship design, makes this possible.

The characteristic bow shape is carefully designed to optimise cargohold and minimise resistance in the water, reducing fuel consumption and the ship's environmental footprint while improving the onboard conditions for crew and fish.

This will be the fourth live fish carrier based on this proven Rolls-Roycetechnology.

In addition to ship design and engineering, the delivery from Rolls-Royceincludes propulsion systems, rudder and steering gear, power electric systems, automation systems, deck machinery and an advanced propulsion control system.

The vessel is expected to be delivered from the yard in March 2017.

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