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Green Marine Technology

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Green Marine: Hybrid Drives

Odin's Eye & the

Quiet Trawler

BY WILLIAM STOICHEVSKI

Where to begin a ? eet modernization concerns. That’s why France Pelagique speedy, manoeuvrable trawlers on-the-

When it was time for that ends with green credentials and is expecting a lot from the shipbuilding spot when they school or surface to prey

France Pelagique to start richer harvests? Well, there are multiple alliance piecing together their 80-meter on herring.

points of contact, if you opt for a certain pelagic trawler. “With this new ? shing vessel, we will renewing its ? eet, an

Scandinavian electric-power alliance. “This is a very exciting build and strengthen our efforts in future ? sheries,

That’s what France Pelagique and its no-doubt challenging to the extent that with a focus on maintaining healthy ? sh electric-power alliance of

Dutch owners, Cornelius Vrolijk Group, there are a lot of features,” Havyard stocks, reducing environmental impact,

Dutch and Scandinavian found when they encountered just such a Ship Technologies’ Lars Conradi Ander- and having dedicated and proud em- power alliance in generator-set provider, sen tells Maritime Reporter & Engineer- ployees,” a France Pelagique statement yard interests formed up

The Switch; system integrator, Norwe- ing News. “They’re renewing their ? eet, said when the order was announced in and delivered. The result gian Electric Systems, or NES, and their so they’re into getting the best technol- April. This one, energy-ef? cient vessel collective client, Havyard Ship Technol- ogy that’s available. It’s a very modern will start the company’s ? eet renewal was the ? rst installation ogy, a yard and designer with a track re- ? shing trawler.” by replacing two vessels in service since cord in the design-and-build of offshore the '80s. aboard a trawler of NES’s and ? sheries vessels. Fast ? sh To do it, Dutch yard ASD has worked

Odin’s Eye, a DC grid so-

With the European Union demanding To catch and process herring, mack- together with Havyard, which in-turn power-management systems aboard- erel and blue whiting, the new vessel brought in some star suppliers. “There lution to integrate another ship; with Europe’s ports increasingly will sport sustainable-catch equipment was cooperation with ASD which did ? rst for trawlers — quiet- ? nicky about who they want quayside, and processing equipment from sepa- the initial design for the vessel. The and with seafood consumers seemingly rate suppliers. The speedy mackerel are work we have done continues,” Ander- running permanent mag- needing some sort of green reassurance, the stuff of record North Sea catches in sen says. the owner of a new ship has a lot of recent years. To catch them, you need nate, or PM, propulsion.

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