Skipsteknisk is honored to announce that the fishing company Qikiqtaaluk Fisheries Corporation(QFC) operating out of Iqaluit on Baffin Island in Canada has awarded the design contract for their new state-of-the-art freezer trawler to Skipsteknisk.
The new multi-species factory freezer trawler will be named “Saputi II”. It will have a carrying capacity of 800 tons of shrimps or 1200 tons of turbot. The vessel is of ST-118 design and will have a length of 79 m and a beam of 17 m.
The trawler will be built with heavy ice-class and designed for operation in severe climatic conditions in the Bay of Baffin. The vessel will be built with a crew capacity of 34 crew members.
The fishing company QFC operates today the factory trawler “Saputi” built-in Norway in 1987, at that time for a Faroe Island client. Also, this vessel is designed by Skipsteknisk.
The company of Skipsteknisk design was established in 1976, and over the years specialized vessels have been built to our ST designs for ship owners all over the world.
