JSC “ADMIRALTY SHIPYARDS” COMMENCED THE SEA TRIALS OF LARGE TRAWLER FREEZER “MECHANIK MASLAK”

JSC “Admiralty Shipyards” commenced the sea trials for large fishing freezer trawler “Mechanic Maslak” of project ST-192, the second in series being constructed for LLC “Russian Fishery Company”.

During the trials near island Gotland island in the Gulf of Finland the shipyard delivery crew shall prove the ship design characteristics, perform speed and manoeuvrability tests, check the navigation means and main shipboard equipment. The sea trials are scheduled for completion in the end of December of this year.

The following stage of construction of large fishing freezer trawler “Mechanic Maslak” shall be docking at the Kanonersky ship repairing facility where the vessel shall undergo inspection and painting of the bottom. The works are scheduled for January next year.

The contract for construction of large fishing freezer trawlers for LLC “Russian Fishery Company” was signed in October 2017 under the Government-sponsored investment ratio program.

In July present year RF President Vladimir Putin was present at the ceremony of flag hoisting for the first ship in the series - large fishing freezer trawler “Captain Vdovichenko”. Today the fishing trials are being performed for specified trawler in the area of North Kurils. Date of scheduled completion - third decade of December.

At the present JSC “Admiralty Shipyards” proceeds the dynamic construction of the third and the fourth trawlers in the series – “Mechanic Sizov” and “Captain Martynov” correspondingly.

Main characteristics of large fishing freezer trawler of project ST-192: cargo holds capacity – 5500 m3; length — 108 m; breadth — 21 m; sea endurance by fuel load – 45 days; crew – 139 persons, including fishmeal factory personnel; full sea speed – 15 knots.