A NEW-design type G-6 fish pump of 18 in. diameter from Norwegian company Karmøy Winch is to be installed on both the 75 metre Gitte Henning and 83.5 metre Nordborg.

The pumps will soon be delivered to the Karstensens shipyard in Skagen, Denmark, where Gitte Henning is to be built, and to Asmar in Talcuahano, Chile, which is now building the new herring fillet factory ship Nordborg for a Faroese owner.

Karmøy's Helge Hystad says: "The G-6 fish pump is different to our existing 18 in. model because it has a greater internal diameter.

"This means that there is more room for the fish, so they are of a better quality after pumping.

"Everyone knows that better quality fish sell for a higher price, so this is very important." He says that there is a market for the pump on large trawlers and seiners, as well as on salmon farms.

The company is having a new factory built that is to be three times the size of its existing workshops to help compete on equipment orders for large fishing vessels, FNI is told.

The company is building a 3000 sq.

metre factory at its site in Kopervik and Helge Hystad says that it will have an internal lifting capacity of 200 tonnes.

The first delivery will be an equipment package for Serene, the 71.6 metre pelagic ship building at the Norwegian West Contractors AS shipyard for the Scottish Serene Fishing Co.

Helge Hystad says: "The new vessels we are seeing for the UK and Norway are ordering larger and heavier equipment.

"It used to be that a normal crane size was four tonnes and ten metres but, now, boats are installing seven tonne and 16 metre cranes.

"So, we have invested in larger production facilities so that we can build the large parts in-house and compete on price.

"For example, Serene will have 30 tonne net drums, which is the same size as Altaire.

"The new machinery and the increased lifting capacity of the factory will allow us to compete for the equipment orders of these large new fishing vessels, as well as the orders for offshore and seismic." He tells FNI that the company's existing site is 1000 sq. metres and it has internal cranes with a lifting capacity of 32 tonnes.

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