Hydrolicer could feature at wellboat launch
Marine Harvest Scotland is holding an official naming ceremony, on April 9th, for its new wellboat, the Inter Caledonia - which is due to have the latest 'hydrolicer' technology fitted in the summer.
The 70 x 17m vessel, which has a capacity of 2000 m3, is operated by the Norwegian-based wellboat company Intership AS; was designed by Skipsteknisk in Ålesund; and constructed at Besiktas Shipyard in Turkey. Marine Harvest Scotland has leased it on a five-year contract.
The vessel is due to have a patented system to produce fresh water for AGD and lice treatments from sea water, which operates via reverse osmosis, fitted in the summer.
And the fact that the company is currently seeking to recruit two 'hydrolicer technicians' suggests that the Inter Caledonia will have the technology fitted soon.
Intership said at the end of 2015 that it had filed a patent application for the system, which was developed in cooperation with Peter Taboada SA in Spain, and will quickly fill the wellboat with freshwater and allow them to perform continuous freshwater treatments of salmon against AGD and sea lice without any external supply of freshwater.
In a statement, Ole Peter Brandal, the company’s CEO, said: “This is a design our fleet manager, Kjetil Opshaug has worked on for some time. We see this as a breakthrough in the battle against AGD and sea lice and have great expectations for the system.”
The naming ceremony will take place at Corpach Pier, in Fort William, on Saturday and will be followed by the chance to get a tour of the new vessel.
Intership was established in 2013. The other wellboats in its fleet are M/V Christine, which operates under a time charter with Grieg Seafood in Finnmark, and M/V Roy Kristian which is under contract with Marine Harvest Canada.
