From Arctic oil & gas to Antarctic Krill- CIMC Raffles won a New-building Contract of Krill transportation vessel from Aker BioMarine Recently, CIMC Raffles and Aker BioMarine signed a construction contract of Antarctic krill transport vessel. This is an important cooperation between the two companies under the framework of strategic cooperation between the two groups. It is a new breakthrough for CIMC Raffles in the deep-sea fishing industry, and laying a foundation for Aker BioMarine to extend the Chinese krill market as well.
Antarctic krill is recognized as one of the most environmentally-friendly biology supplying humankind with omega-3. With the pursuit of high quality of life and the improvement of people’s awareness of omega-3, China is becoming an important consumer market of Antarctic krill oil.
Aker BioMarine is a biotech innovator and Antarctic krill-harvesting company, with the fully transparent value chain that "sustainably harvests krill from Antarctic waters and delivers krill products to customers around the world through the Montevideo logistics hub and the Houston production base"
The Antarctic krill transport vessel was designed by Wärtsilä, with a 168 –meter-long, a 27–meter-beam, a 7-meter- design draft. The vessel is expected to be delivered for the 2021 harvesting season, which is mainly used for the transportation of krill products between Antarctic fishing area and South American port, the fuel supply of fishing vessels and the rotation of staff. Designed to meet the unique needs of krill fishing operations, the innovative integrated cargo handling system will be used to face the challenging Antarctic conditions. Driven by a highly efficient propulsion system with CPP, and the latest technology including internal combustion engines etc, equipped with an advanced heat recovery system to further reduce carbon emissions. As an ice-operated vessel, the vessel also has high requirements for hull robustness, cold-proof performance, and ice-breaking capacity.
Commenting on the contract, Mr. Matts Johansen, CEO Aker BioMarine said, “The vessel will be constructed in CIMC Raffles where there is unique competence for building such large-scale support vessels. With CIMC Raffles on-board, our unique cooperation aimed at delivering a custom-made, state of the art Chinese-built vessel, equipped with Norwegian technologies, is now full steam ahead”.
CIMC Raffles is an EPC contractor for offshore engineering. Its subsidiary company CIMC Blue Ocean Technology Co., Ltd. is specialized in R&D and design services of ocean fishery equipment, marine ranching operations, seafood trading and deep processing of the fishery product, etc. It can customize fishery equipment for breeding various marine economic creatures such as blackfish, abalone and salmon etc.
The signing of this contract further extended the product lines of CIMC Blue. “The strategic collaboration between our two group provides sufficient guarantee for our business segments cooperation, and at the same time, our friendship is further deepening in our business cooperation. I believe under the framework of strategic collaboration, we will be able to explore a broader space for cooperation in oil and gas exploration and development, Marine fishery and other areas. " CIMC Raffles CEO & President, Mr. Wang Jianzhong said.
Source:CIMC OFFSHORE
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