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Ulstein Hatloe A/S, Ulsteinvik,

Norway, has delivered one of the world's largest surimi factory trawl- ers to her U.S. owners, after un- dergoing an extensive conversion at the yard.

The 341-foot 5-inch Northern Ea- gle was delivered to her New York- based owners Northern Eagle Part- ners Ltd. earlier this year after she was converted from a containership to a surimi factory trawler. The

Northern Eagle, which is being used off the coast of Alaska to fish for pollack to produce into surimi, a versatile fish paste, has a molded breadth of 52 feet, design draft of 20 feet and speed of 14 knots. She is powered by two Bergen Diesel en- gines rated at 2,425 kw at 680 rpm each. She is fitted with a bevy of

Ulstein equipment, including: a con- trollable-pitch propeller, Ulstein/

Lohman reduction gear, propeller nozzle, high-lift flap rudder and an 800-hp bowthruster.

Electrical power is supplied by

Caterpillar equipment, with two

Caterpillar generator engines rated at 640 kw at 1,800 rpm each and two

Caterpillar SR 4 generators rated at 750 kw at 1,800 rpm each. Emergen- cy power is provided by a Caterpil- lar 330 4T generator set with a Cat- erpillar SR 4 generator rated at 125 kva at 1,800 rpm.

The Northern Eagle features a full suite of sophisticated electronic communications and navigation equipment. Some of her navigation equipment includes one Furuno FR- 1662-S navigation radar, two Furu- no FCR-1411/6 color radars, two

Furuno color plotters, and three Fu- runo C LC 90 Lorans. She is equip- ped with a JRC JUE-45A satcom, two Skanti SSB radiotelephones, three Standard VHFs, one Cobra

SSB CB radio, a Furuno FD-525

VHF/ADF and a Furuno FD-181

IMO Standard MF/HF ADF.

The factory trawler is fitted with state-of-the-art fishing and produc- tion equipment. Her cargo hold ca- pacity is approximately 2,300 m3.

Since the processing of surimi re- quires large amounts of freshwater, and the Northern Eagle can produce as much as 400 tons per day.

She normally has a crew of 60-70, but has accommodations for as many as 88.

Her conversion was designed by

Guido Perla & Associates of Seattle,

Wash.

For free literature detailing the shipbuilding and converting ser- vices of Ulstein Hatloe,

Circle 29 on Reader Service Card

Daewoo Wins $150-Million Order

To Build Rig Platform

South Korea's Daewoo Shipyard was recently awarded a $150-million contract by ONGC of India to con- struct an offshore steel oil rig plat- form on a consortium basis with

Nippon Kokan K.K. of Japan.

The rig is expected to be delivered in March 1990.

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NORTHERN EAGLE

Equipment List

Main engines(2) . Bergen Diesel

Shaft generators . . . . . . Leroy Somer

Generator engines . . . . . . Caterpillar

Generators . . . Caterpillar

Emer. generators . . . . . . . Caterpillar

CP propeller Ulstein

Reduction gear Ulstein/Lohman

Propeller nozzle Ulstein

High-lift flap rudder . . . Ulstein

Steering gear .... Tenfjord

Bowthruster Ulstein

Radar Furuno

Color plotters Furuno

Loran C Furuno

SatCom JRC

SSB radiotelephone . . . Skanti

VHF .... Standard

SSB CB radio Cobra

VHF/ADF Furuno

MF/HFADF Furuno

Trawl, sweep line, gilson, cod end, out haul & net drum winches . . . . Hydraulik Bratvaag

Deck cranes Hydraulik Bratvaag

Cargo freezer plant . . . Sabroe

Doppler current indicator Furuno

True-motion trawl system Ross

Digital depth indicator . . Ross

Net sounder system . . . Krupp

Ship sounder Krupp

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The recently converted 341-foot 5-inch Northern Eagle is one of the largest surimi factory trawlers in the world. The conversion work was performed by Ulstein Hatloe of Norway.

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