KARSTENSEN Shipyard Ltd. in Skagen, Denmark, has finished the second of four Irish trawlers which will all be based at Killybegs.

The new mid-water trawler Aine will be working with her already completed sister-ship Neptune, also built by Karstensen.

Although these two trawlers are expected to operate as a pair, they can also fish independently if required.

Aine was designed by Karstensen, in close cooperation with owner Joseph Doherty and his consultant Hugo van der Zwan.

The 48.60 metre overall Aine has a moulded breadth of 11.20 metres and a depth to the shelterdeck of 7.40 metres. Aine's layout has an insulated hold section with six RSW tanks forward and the engineroom aft housing her Wartsila 6L32 main engine and reduction gearbox.

Her twin auxiliary engines and the harbour set are from Caterpillar and there is an ABB shaft generator to supply additional power.

Steering gear for Aine is from Tenfjord and her bow and stern thrusters are 700hp units from Ulstein.

Below main deck Aine has a bowthruster and sonar room forward, with the RSW seawater pumps. Her RSW system is a twin installation from Optimar, with deep tanks located in the forepeak and in the aftpeak.

At main deck level, Aine has an RSW machinery space forward with the RSW valve manifold and a central space offset to starboard for the Optimar vacuum discharge pump system.

Aine's shelterdeck is laid out with a storeroom forward and spaces for the hydraulic pump system and the harbour genset. The water separator, fish pump and the hydraulic and fish hose reels are mounted on the main deck, with the tail end winch mounted on the deck leading to the tailend gallows fitted on the starboard side.

Accommodation aboard Aine is all at main deck level and above in the superstructure, with three single and four double cabins, as well as a changing room and toilet/shower compartment at main deck level.

The skipper's cabin is located near the wheelhouse. The ship's superstructure also contains the lounge, messroom, galley and provision room.

Winches and gear handling equipment on board Aine are fitted on the trawl deck aft and she has a full installation of hydraulic deck equipment from Norway's Rapp Hydema and SM Triplex.

SM Triplex supplied two KN-50 cranes - one mounted forward on the shelterdeck to cover the deck forward - and the second crane mounted on the starboard side of the aft gantry to cover the trawl deck. This crane is also fitted with a Triplex net winch.

Winches pull 45.8t RAPP Hydema supplied Aine's twin 45.80 tonne type TWS7530 trawl winches, a pair of 51.00 tonne pull net drums, a 42.50 tonne topline winch and 31.60 tonne midline and tailend winches.

Her winch package, powered by six high pressure 125kW electrical pump units, also includes an SOW500 netsounder winch mounted on the wheelhouse roof, GW480 and GW200 auxiliary winches, an 18 in.

fish pump, fish hose reel and hydraulic hose reel.

The ship's full width gantry at the stern is the base for the gear handling crane, as well as for the Blue Line trawl blocks from Brdr Markussen. Auxiliary winches are fitted on the ship's gantry's main beam.

Aine's fishing gear package from Swan Net-Gundry in Killybegs, Ireland, comprises a 106 by 83 fathom mackerel trawl and a 60 by 50 fathom scad trawl, two mackerel and herring brailers and a full set of Dynex bridles and rigging.

Her trawl warps are two sets of 1000 fathoms of 30mm compacted steel core wire from Drahtseilwerk in Bremerhaven, Germany.

Sister-ship Neptune has also been supplied by Swan Net-Gundry with an 83 by 51 metre mackerel/scad pair trawl, a 95 by 60 metre mackerel pair trawl and a 2070 metre fishing circle blue whiting trawl.

In addition, Swan NetGundry supplied Neptune mackerel and herring brailers, plus a full rig of Dynex bridles and rigging. Her warps are two sets of 1000 fathoms of 30mm compacted steel core wire from Drahtseilwerk.

Aine is fitted out with the latest electronics suited to pelagic ships, supplied and installed by Killybegs firms Barry Electronics and Sonartron.

Barry Electronics provided a Furuno FR-2115 X band daylight viewing radar with a 19 in. display; FR2115 radar fitted with radar plotter and ARPA options; Furuno FR2135-S band daylight viewing radar with a 19 in. display; and a Furuno M1832 MKII radar.

She also has a Furuno CI60G droppler sonar current indicator; Robertson AP9 Mk111 autopilot system with thruster interface; SimradRobertson RGC50 gyro compass; Furuno SC-60 gyro compass; and a Furuno GP32 GPS navigator.

Sonartron supplied two Kaijo Denki omnibeam sonars, two JVC colour sounders, Marport catch sensors and a Wesmar trawl sonar system.

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