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PARAT to Deliver MCS Combined Boiler to Fishermen's Finest
PARAT Halvorsen AS has entered into a contract to deliver a complete steam boiler plant with the shipowner Fishermen’s Finest, based in Seattle, WA, USA.
As a part of the steam plant, a combined exhaust gas & oil fired boiler, type MCS is included, constructed and designed to utilize and extract maximum of the diesel engines exhaust heat for steam production to the vessels fishmeal factory.
The stern trawler is designed by Skipsteknisk AS in Aalesund, Norway and will be built at Dakota Creek Industries in Anacortes, USA.
The stern trawler vessel joins six other ST-116 design trawlers, operating worldwide and will be the first to operate in the United States and the waters of Alaska.
The new ST-116XL design has following main dimensions:
| Overall length: | 79,80 m | (261,8 ft) |
About Fishermen's Finest
Fishermen’s Finest Inc. is an independent American fishing company that manages a fleet of two catcher/processor vessels operating in the demersal fisheries of the North Pacific and Bering Sea where the large continental shelf supports a rich ecosystem and huge populations of, among other important fish species, yellow sole and rock sole.
Fishermen's Finest has its headquarters in Kirkland, Washington State, and its fleet hails primarily from Dutch Harbor, the fishing capital of the Aleutian Islands.
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