Norway's Biggest Longline Owner Chooses Mustad Autoline

Ervik Havfiske, Norway's biggest Autoline operator, has chosen the Mustad Autoline Deep Sea system for its new ship. The new Frøyanes has been built at Solstrand shipyard according to a revolutionary design from Marin Teknikk.

It features diesel electric propulsion and a radical new layout for the fishing equipment. Mustad is supplying a complete 60.000 hook Deep Sea Autoline package to this important new vessel including Magpacker, which is an automatic magazine storage and handling system. This space and labour saving piece of equipment has allowed owner and designer to rethink conventional Autoliner deck layout. Lines will be hauled through a forward hauling hatch as before, but all other Autoline equipment has been placed fully aft where gear handling and line setting activities will take place. Ervik believes that this new layout will be more efficient and easier to work.

Mustad MagPacker is a mechanical system that stores and handles the hook magazines, bringing full magazines into place for shooting, and empty magazines into place when hauling. It is entirely automatic, simplifying fishing operations and reducing the amount of labour involved in handling the gear. It can be operated by a single crew member.

Frøyanes's skipper will control fishing operations using Mustad's LineController, a PC based control and data storage system that will enable him to monitor and control setting and hauling more closely and to analyse catch results. The system can be operated either by traditional mouse or by "Touch Screen"

World's first fully diesel electric fishing vessel

Vessel designer Marin Teknikk believes that Frøyanes will be the world's first fishing vessel with diesel electric frequency controlled propulsion. Marin Teknikk has extensive experience with diesel electric through its work in the offshore sector, and using this technology in its MT 1110 longliner design offers several important advantages, explains senior naval architect and marine engineer Richard K. Gjerde. Fuel consumption is reduced by up to 20% compared to a conventional Autoliner, and there are significant reductions in noise and vibration, improving working conditions. The designer has greater flexibility in positioning the machinery, so layout, trim and stability can be improved, making for more efficient working and a safer vessel. The redundancy inherent in a diesel electric system also increases the safety margin.

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