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MARCO CONVEI

FISHING VESSE^

RUSSIAN

MARCO Shipyard Seattle completed a major conversion of the Russian vessel

Auaa, owned by Marine Technologies

Company of Maqadan. The vessel had made a long voyage from her original port of Riga in Latvia, on to Kalingrad for remov- als, across the Atlantic Ocean, through the

Panama Canal, and up the North American coastline to the MARCO Seattle facility. "This vessel owner is the most focused company I have met in Russia," said MARCO

Director of Russian Business Development

Joseph M. Hunter. 'They knew exactly what they wanted and pursued their busi- ness plan for years to bring this project to life ... We were particularly fortunate to have an experienced U.S. captain and vessel owner, David Shoemaker, involved in every phase of the vessel's conversion.

His expertise was the key factor in the successful outcome of this project."

Upon arrival in Seattle, Auda was an

STR-503 sterntrawler like hundreds in the former Soviet Union — but left MARCO reportedly competitive with any crab catcher/processor in the North Pacific.

MARCO removed the antiquated trawling and seining equipment, fabricated a new steel shelferdeck, and installed all-new crab fishing and processing systems.

Several of Mr. Shoemaker's ideas were utilized. Notably, cooking will be by steam, generated from a custom-designed Seattle

Boiler Works marine boiler. Teknotherm provided new refrigeration equipment for brine freezing and product storage.

On deck, the vessel has the ability to fish single pots or longline pots of any dimen- sion, as the MARCO Shipyard installed a full complement of MARCO Marine fishing machinery: J0124 Kinahauler for single- pot fishing, a JPL07 double-acting pot launcher, the high-capacity J0136 deep- sea linehauler and MARCO's new J2115 automaticcoilerforlonalining pots. MARCO

Marine also provided the vessel's hydraulic power units, and Alaska Marine Crane pro- vided two deck cranes. Below deck, MARCO removed the incinerator, sternthruster, and unused fishing equipment, then combined the net hold and fish hold to create a single larger refrigerated cargo hold. MARCO also modified the wheelhouse to make room for an aft fishing station with new electronics and a television camera for a better view of the pot hauling operation.

Auda left Seattle with more than 220 larqe U.S.-style crab pots on deck,, fully out- fitted and geared for the next several months of crab fishing. Both the Russian captain and the U.S. fish master were visibly pleased with the vessel's performance on sea trials. The vessel will operate with a crew of four Ameri- cans and 21 Russians. "They were an excellent group to work with," said MARCO Shipyard General Man- ager Bob McMahon. "We look forward to future projects with them."

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