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Fish Transport Revolution at Sea

Elon Musk revolutionised human transport with battery-powered cars and
his supersonic Hyperloop concept. Norway plans to do the same with fi sh.

By Valeria Criscione

In 2015, Selfa Arctic developed the fi rst diesel motor when operating at top loads environmental footprint goes beyond the
battery-driven fi sh trawler Karoline. That with heavy equipment. It also creates better obvious power savings. The boat is based
record is now being shattered with a working conditions for the fi shermen while on the ship owner’s Hav Line Method, which
21-metre long hybrid fi shing vessel MS also being eco-friendlier. cuts out several links of the conventional
Angelsen Senior, currently being built by aquaculture process, such as well-boat
Marin Moen for Hans Angelsen & Sønner at The next big revolutionary idea set to debut transfer of live fi sh, onshore processing and
Lofoten. is the world’s fi rst hybrid propulsion system truck transport, thus taking only half the
for the fi sh farming industry, currently being time.
The MS Angelsen Senior represents the next built in Spain for Hav Line. The 94-metre
natural next step towards electrifi cation of long hybrid battery-powered slaughter and On board the vessel, 14 slaughter machines
the fi shing industry, according to Norwegian fi sh transport boat has been named after will process 350 fi sh a minute. That means
green energy funder Enova, which has the seabird Gannett, known for its extreme 1,000 tons of salmon could be slaughtered
provided the ship a NOK 2.7 million grant. hunting effi ciency when swooping for its directly from the aquaculture pens on
By combining batteries on board and waste prey. its journey to Hirtshals, Denmark. At an
heat recovery, the vessel will be able to annual capacity of 130,000 tonss, that
lower the operating time of its diesel motors “The Gannett is the most effi cient bird there would represent roughly 10% of Norway’s
by 75% and cut CO2 emissions by 200 tons is,” says Carl Erik Arnesen, Hav Line chief production.
annually. executive, during the Enova Conference in
Trondheim last January. “It dives down like Arnesen adds its Hav Line method will
“Fishing boats have larger limitations a F-16. We think it’s a good name.” improve the welfare of the fi sh through
related to space on board and weight from less handling and stress and avoid the
equipment than other types of boats where Wärtsilä’s hybrid design has been awarded possibility for transmitting disease during
batteries have been used, for example on the Guinness Record for the most effi cient well-boat transfer, as well as provide a host
ferries and offshore vessels,” says Ole Aksel four-stroke engine. But Gannett’s positive of environmental benefi ts. Gannett would
Sivertsen, Enova marketing director. “The
fact that solutions are now good enough to
be used by fi shermen shows that the battery
revolution at sea is pushing forward.”

Fish and Ships
Sivertsen expects that there will be more
hybrid fi shing boats and seafood vessels in
the future for several reasons. The primary
driver has been the dramatic decrease in the
price of batteries. In addition, batteries can
reduce the operating costs by offsetting the

MS Angelsen Senior will be the largest
hybrid-powered fi shing vessel to date.
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