Fish Farmer 2022 Year Book

114 NEWS REVIEW – BOATS AND BARGES

Boats and

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From giant wellboats to nimble electric craft, here’s how the year at sea looked for the aquaculture sector

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N January, we learned that Cermaq Norway had entered into a deal to build an advanced technology wellboat with a larger-than-usual capacity of 6,000 cubic metres for Norsk Fisketransport AS (NFT). The vessel will be ready for operation in the first half of 2023 and will have circular tanks for optimal fish welfare.

In February, the Gåsø Høvding, the world’s largest wellboat, was launched at Turkey’s Sefine shipyard. The new vessel is 83.2 metres long

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This page from top: The Gåsø Høvding; Bakkafrost MEST electric boat Opposite from top: Damen delivers new LUV 1908 aquaculture support vessel to Organic Sea Harvest; Ferguson’s Kallista Helen

and 30.9 metres wide. The boat was commissioned for Norwegian shipping operator Frøy Group and designed by Møre Maritime using pumping technology from Cflow. Gåsø Høvding has a total well volume of 7,500 cubic metres. The wellboat is equipped with systems for the sorting and removal of all types of cleaning fish, freshwater treatment with reuse, 12-line hydrolicers and an advanced and automated hygiene system. The group’s Operations Director, Oddleif Wigdahc, said: “There are currently no wellboats to compare with it. Gåsø Høvding takes the wellboat industry one step further.” The vessel was officially handed over to Frøy in November. On a somewhat smaller scale, Faroese salmon farming company Bakkafrost commissioned a fully electric workboat to help reduce the

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