Built for the Norwegian shipowner Prestfjord AS, it will have the most modern fish processing equipment

Gondán's facilities in Figueras, Castropol, took over the new construction of the yard: an advanced factory freezer trawler for Prestfjord AS, one of Norway's most important fishing and fishing vessels.

The ship, designed by Kongsberg Maritime, will have a length of 77.3 m and a sleeve of 17 m. Built in steel with aluminium superstructure, the fishing vessel will operate in Arctic areas, in the waters of the Barents Sea and the archipelago of the Svalbard Islands. With an accommodation for 29 persons, the factory freezer trawler shall be engaged in the fishing of cod and shrimp and in the processing thereof.

This will include the most modern and automated fish processing equipment, including a fish meal production plant, and a total capacity of 2250 m3 of fish and meal wineries.

The vessel shall be classified by the DNV and shall be certified for the purpose of the ice navigation. It is the second ship that Gondan builds for Prestfjord AS, a very important shipowner in the world of fish farms and the second fish producer in Norway.