Kleven to Build 2 Stern Trawlers for DFFU

Kleven has signed a contract with DFFU, daughter company of Icelandic seafood company Samherji, for the construction of two stern trawlers of Rolls-Royce’ NVC 374 WP design. The vessels are to be delivered from Kleven’s Myklebust Verft in Gursken, Norway, in February and June 2017. 

Kleven CEO Ståle Rasmussen said, “Fishing vessels were the starting point for our 100-year-long history as shipbuilders. With contracts for three new vessels, all of Rolls-Royce design, in just a few days, we have secured continuity for our employees at Myklebust Verft in a market that is extremely tough at the moment.”

The vessels will be 80 meters long and with hulls of ICE 1A class, and equipped with a wide range of Rolls-Royce equipment, including main engines, thrusters, automation, winches and the fuel efficient Wave Piercing design. 

“The vessels will be equipped with our latest B33:45 main engine, and they will be the first among fishing vessels to feature our Wave Piercing bow design,” said John Knudsen, Rolls-Royce President Commercial Marine. “Our design and equipment will help ensure that these will be among the most effective and modern fishing vessels in the world.”

“Our aim is sustainable fishing, and these two new vessels mark an important next step in our company’s development. A huge improvement in the working and living conditions for our crew is a main objective for making this commitment. As well as fulfilling significant environmental criteria, we are confident that these vessels – designed and built in Norway – will take the company and its employees into a positive future development,” said CEO Torstein Mar Baldvinson in Samherji Group. “Kleven has built vessels for Samherji Group before, with FV Vilhelm Thorsteinson delivered in 2000 – that has had great success through the years since delivery.”

This is the second contract in one week for Kleven. On June 13, Kleven announced a contract for a live fish carrier for Norwegian shipowner Sølvtrans.