Norway welcomes world’s largest slaughter boat
Norwegian Gannet is the first and largest slaughter boat which will take fish directly from the fish farm, slaughter it on board, and transport it to the market.
The slaughter boat Norwegian Gannet sailed from Spain to Bergen, Norway where it was christened this weekend, writes Kyst.no, Fishfarmingexperts sisterpage.
The boat contains state-of-the-art equipment. Including a large bridge, cabins, a cinema, gym and the biggest slaughter factory ever included on a vessel for the aquaculture industry.
The boat was built in Spain and is 94 meters long and 18 meters wide, powered by a Wartsila diesel-electric hybrid engine for reduced Co2 emissions.
The factory deck is approximately 500 m², where the fish get slaughtered. The boat has a capacity to process 100 tones fish per hour.
The ship has a rotating crew of 100 people divided into two shifts. Initially eight to ten people will work at the factory, when full production begins 36 people will be working full-time within the floating factory.
Advantages
- The advantage of slaughtering on board is that everything is done in one operation. Less handling of the fish results in better fish welfare, less waste, and the fish go to market sooner, says CEO Carl-Erik Arnesen of Hav Line.
The on-board water filteration system processes the water, a C-flow pump, pumps the fish along so the fish enter the boat gently. The fish are then processed. The fish guts go into tanks for disposal and the fish go straight into RSV-tanks that are kept at cool temperatures. Cooling the fish down sooner can achieve a longer shelf life which can be up to seven days.
When the vessel is in full operation, it will travel between the fish farms along the west coast of Norway.
The boat is owned by the shipping company Hav Line Gruppen AS.
