NORWEGIAN designer Naval Consult has worked with owners Jan Arve and Frode Hegg y to develop a 90 ft. combined seine netter and purse seiner for fishing mackerel, herring and saithe.

"The owners have decided to sell their vessel Sette Mari which they have been fishing with for many years to build a tailor-made pelagic vessel.

We have had good co-operation with Sette Mari's owners for a long time, which is why they selected us to design their new vessel, " says the company's Johann Kongsvik.

Naval Consult is one of the design offices in Norway that specialise in coastal fishing vessels. The seiner for Jan Arve and Frode Hegg y will be the ninth newbuilding for Norwegian owners that the firm has handled since 2000.

Naval Consult is also involved in three fishing vessel conversion projects and several further projects for new 90 ft. vessels are in progress.

"These have been developed in close co-operation with the owners. A ship owner working with a local design company is normally a successful partnership, " says Johann Kongsvik.

The project for the new vessel, named Sj glans, began a year ago, with tenders invited from yards in the Baltic region and Norway.

The best offer came from Larsnes Mek Verksted in Norway and contracts were signed in May 2005.

"This is an important contract for the yard and will keep it busy until June. The seiner is newbuilding number 12 from the yard since 1996 and ten of those have been for fishing, " says Johan Kongsvik.

The hull is being built in Poland and is due at Larsnes in February for fitting out.

"The deckhouse, wheelhouse and signal masts are being made in aluminium.

They have been subcontracted to Longva Mek Verksted and are due to arrive at Larsnes at the same time as the hull.

The new vessel will measure 27.48 metres overall - to comply with the regulations giving fishing concessions to 90 ft. vessels in Norway - and have a beam of 9.25 metres. Her accommodation is to be in six single cabins and one double cabin.

Sj glans' RSW fishroom capacity will be 240 cu. metres.

She will carry 60 cu. metres of fuel and 25 cu. metres of fresh water, and will have an 11 cu. metre roll damping tank.

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