Another crab vessel of the Antey Group was launched in Nakhodka

The ship “Zaliv Shelikhova” was launched from the slipways of the Nakhodka shipyard. This is the fifth vessel under the order of the Antey Group. Eight vessels are being built simultaneously as part of the first stage of the state program “keel quotas”; the first three will be launched in 2022.

“Shelikhov Bay”, like the entire series of crab catchers, is being built according to the modern CCa5712LS design, which has no analogues in the world. It is intended for the production and transportation of live crab in the Bering, Barents and Okhotsk seas by the Antey Sever company, part of the Antey Group of Companies. The total length of the crab catcher is 57.7 meters, width 12.6 meters, maximum speed 12 knots. The vessel will be able to store up to 120 tons of live crab in 9 RSW tanks with a total volume of 680 cubic meters.

“The construction of a series of crab catchers is a big challenge in this difficult time of economic instability both for us and for the Nakhodka Shipyard. This is already the fifth crab catcher, and before the end of the year we will launch another one. This is a good result, we work very closely with shipbuilders, not as a customer-performer, but rather as partners looking for solutions to complete the same task,” said Ivan Mikhnov, president of Antey Group.

The total investment in the construction of eight crab fishing vessels today is 16 billion rubles. With the help of state support, NSRZ modernized production facilities, purchased new equipment, built dormitories for employees, and made repairs in workshops. Currently, about 600 people are involved in the construction of crab fishing vessels.

A series of eight crab catchers commissioned by Antey Group of Companies was solemnly laid down in June 2020. The start of construction was given by Deputy Prime Minister and Plenipotentiary Representative of the President in the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev.