New trawler range to raise sustainability and increase yield

The EcoFive® project has combined Ulstein’s ship design expertise with the long trawling experience gained over many years by Nordic wildfish. The result is a series of fishing vessels, designed with Ulstein’s distinctive X-Bow for optimal seakeeping, and a layout on board that is distinctively different from most conventional trawlers.
Ships in the series will have accommodation arranged centrally and a two-deck factory arrangement for fish processing and hydrolysing the rest of the raw material. The X-Bow provides more loading space forward whilst also reducing vibration and pitching, thereby improving the working environment. A hybrid propulsion system combines batteries with diesel-electric and diesel-mechanical systems, giving good fuel efficiency and reducing noise so that the trawler range meets the requirements of DNV GL SILENT notation.   
Tore Ulstein, COO of Ulstein Design Solutions and Ulstein Group’s head of the Board, said: “Nordic wildfish has solid experience in trawling and in testing new methods for fishery and market. We both have a history of being innovative and come up with advancing solutions. Through this cooperation, we have developed improved and state-of-the-art solutions for quality and sustainability in trawl fishery.”