Bakka expansion on track
Bakkafrost has revealed that it is now “about halfway through” its plans to expand, which were presented in the summer of 2013.
The plans outlined the Faroese company’s ambitions to:
- Produce bigger smolt (up to an average of 300g by 2018).
- Minimize biological risks.
- Gradually enhance the total production capacity by 10-15%.
- Improve efficiency and economics of scale by integrating production units on land.
- Save about DKK 70-90 million (£7.13-9.17m) yearly from 2017.
One of the key ingredients to this – the creation of a new production plant and HQ – is progressing. The ship M/S Nordvåg has recently made two trips from Strand in Norway to Glyvrar with equipment for the new production plant. Many installations – such as waste disposal systems, freezers, ice production, plumbing – are ongoing.
Although the project is currently a couple of weeks behind schedule, the company hopes to start trial production at the plant by May this year.
