Zamakona Shipyards Delivers Danish Fishing Vessel “HG333 Isafold”

Zamakona Shipyards, located in Santurzi, has delivered the fishing vessel “HG333 Isafold” (IMO 9900239) to the Danish company Rederiet Isafold, owned by shipowners Lise Bjorn Jorgensen, Karsten Molgaard, and Kristian Larsen, based in Hirstals. It will be used for pelagic fishing and is a Norwegian project designed following the most advanced criteria in its specialty.

The new vessel incorporates a wide range of modern technologies to enhance onboard safety and improve energy efficiency. The total environmental footprint per catch is, therefore, significantly lower. At the same time, selective fishing gear and the storage of catches in iced seawater onboard ensure that the quality of the landed fish is even higher than current standards.

Weighing 5,667 gross tons, it measures 87 m in length and 20 m in width. It has a capacity for 3,700 cubic meters of pelagic fish (herring, mackerel, whiting, and lance) and features diesel-electric propulsion with transverse propellers to improve maneuverability during catches and port operations.

It is noteworthy that the fishing of pelagic species such as herring and mackerel takes place far from the Danish coasts, which is why vessels dedicated to these tasks must be capable of operating at long distances, making it very important that they can withstand much harsher weather conditions than those in nearby waters.

The vessel has the unique capability of fishing with both trawl nets and purse seines, and its size allows for catches in the most remote areas of the North Sea and the North Atlantic, in extremely harsh weather.

The aforementioned shipowner has acquired, along with other shipowners, additional quotas for a series of pelagic fish species to compensate for the quotas they have lost as a result of Brexit.

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