The first supertrawler of the new fleet of RFC Vladimir Limanov was delivered to the customer

Fleet Renewal

December 11th, 2020

On December 10, 2020, a delivery ceremony of supertrawler Vladimir Limanov to Russian Fishery Company took place at Tersan Shipyard (Yalova, Turkey). This is the first vessel of the company's future renewed fleet. Another 10 vessels for RFC are being built in Russia by Admiralty Shipyards using the experience gained during the construction of the first supertrawler. BMRT Vladimir Limanov will start fishing activity in early 2021.

The supertrawler is named after the honored veteran of the industry Vladimir Yakovlevich Limanov (1933–1990). Vladimir Yakovlevich devoted his whole life to the marine fleet, both at sea, where in 1957 he began working as an engineer on the vessels of Sakhalin Shipping Company, and on shore, working in the Inspection of the USSR Register of Shipping of the Ministry of the Maritime Fleet.

With the commissioning of the first supertrawler, RFC will reach a new stage of efficiency improvement. "The use of modern technologies will allow the company to improve the safety and environmental compatibility of fishing, ensure the most careful handling of biological resources, guarantee the highest quality of products for our consumers around the world and create the most comfortable working conditions and leisure facilities for crews.

Gleb Frank

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the RFC

The vessel, like all vessels of the series, which is being built in Russia, is designed for an annual catch of more than 60,000 tons of fish and zero-waste processing of 100% of the catch on board. The new processing facilities will allow the company to increase the production of sea-frozen fillets and start the production of a new product – surimi. The vessel will be able to produce about 15,000 tons of ultra-processed products (fillets, mince and surimi) per year.

“We will significantly increase the production of sea-frozen fillets and will be the first in Russia who start producing high-quality walleye pollock surimi,” said Gleb Frank. “I am sure that this product will be popular on many markets, including the markets of Japan, the USA, Europe, China, Southeast Asia and, of course, Russia.”

On board the vessel, conditions that meet modern requirements have been created for the efficient and safe work of the crew, as well as for comfortable leisure facilities for fishermen: comfortable cabins, a spacious mess room, a sauna, a gym and a cinema room.

I myself worked on fishing vessels, and therefore, like no one else, I understand what a priceless gift we are presenting to our fishermen today. "Vessel Vladimir Limanov is not just a highly efficient fishing trawler. For the crew, this is really a home from home where they will have to live and work in months. On the supertrawler, all conditions have been created to ensure that work is safe and rest is as comfortable as possible. The previously inaccessible fishing and processing capacities of the vessel will provide fishermen with a respectable income.

Viktor Litvinenko

General Director of RFC

The maximum currently available level of energy efficiency and environmental friendliness is provided on the new vessels. This will ensure that CO2 emissions per tonne of fish caught will be reduced by 2 times compared to the indicators of ships used today.

Russian-built supertrawlers are planned to be put into operation in couples, with a gap of about a year between commissions of them. Delivery of the first two vessels to the customer at Admiralty Shipyards is scheduled for 2021.

The new trawlers will replace the company's aging fleet. So, RFC has already decommissioned BMRT Bazhenovsk this September.