Feature 4 | Scandinavia
farming, the farmed salmon industry having
grown to be a major industry in Norway.
Yards specialising in support vessels for
this industry have been enjoying steady
business. Workboats are needed to maintain
the salmon pens set out in the fjords, and to
transport feed and move fish from pens to
shore. Catamarans are proving popular for
this, given their large working deck area and
stability. There is also investment in vessels to
transport live fish from farms to processing
plants. The most sophisticated vessels carry
the fish in tanks through which sea water
can be circulated during transit, changing
to closed circulation with oxygenation and
cleaning in areas of dubious water quality
such as harbours. Dockstavarvet in Sweden are building a series of pilot boats similar to this one – LOS 115 –
The Norwegian Coastal Cargo Vessel for various Norwegian stations. The current batch are designed for low fuel consumption
fleet is elderly, with an average vessel age (Credit: Dockstavarvet AB).
of 26. Many of the owners have just a
single ship and are involved in minerals
transport but, given the number of active To reverse this trend would require political because the total charges on sea transport
coastal communities and the excellent intervention, and this would involve not are more than on road or rail. The Ny Frakt
inshore routes, there is an interest in both only fleet renewal but development of project has now moved from the research
renewing the fleet and making more use of a new logic for coastal transport. The phase to a realisation phase, but for fleet
this transport mode. Association of Cargo Vessel Owners, renewal to actually occur financial support
The research programme Ny Frakt has which has 266 vessels under its umbrella, would be needed. If this were forthcoming,
been considering what can be done, and the sees the need for a thorough investigation the new ships would be far more efficient
questions and potential answers are quite of transport alternatives between specific and, by probably using LNG as fuel, far less
complex. Without political intervention freight originating and terminating points. polluting in terms of CO
2
and NO
x
than
the trend is to larger ships, a reduction in An effective intermodal exchange would today’s fleet.
the number of ports and use of these ports, be needed and also the will to move goods Gas is seen as the future fuel for many types
and longer distances from end user to port, transport from land to sea by levelling of vessel on the coast, currently LNG-fuelled
having the effect of moving goods away the playing field, which the shipowners ro-ro ships are under construction for routes
from sea transport towards land transport. consider is at present tilted against them involving Scandinavian and UK ports. A
gas carrier is now in service, Coral Methane,
which can transport a variety of gasses
and when carrying LNG can also use this
as fuel in its main engine. Gas is already
enthusiastically accepted for double-ended
ferries serving cross fjord links on the main
road system. Since the first installation on
Glutra, five LNG-fuelled ferries have gone
into service with good results. One reason
for acceptance is that Det Norske Veritas
has now developed a workable set of rules
to ensure the safety of gas-fuelled vessels.
Designs have been drawn up as part of the
Ny Frakt realisation process and these also
use LNG as fuel.
Although the shipbuilding order
collapse will take its toll, the Scandinavian
marine industry is well placed to survive,
Viktoria Viking is a 57m-long vessel designed to transport living fish in tanks either open to with its concentration on complex vessels
the sea of with closed circulation and is equipped to both load and discharge the fish by and its capability to lead the world in
a pressure system. The vessel was built by Aas Mek.Verksted for Remøyvaering (Credit: innovation when it comes to equipment
Remøyvaering AS). and systems. SBI
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