Modern fish trawler brought into service

The shipping company Deutsche Fischfang-Union (DFFU) has recently started operating two newly built fish trawlers. The vessels "Cuxhaven" and "Berlin" will catch fish under German flag in Northern European waters.

Each of the two newbuildings, built by the shipyard Myklebust in the Norwegian town Aalesund, cost 40 million Euros. At the end of August, the "Cuxhaven" travelled from Cuxhaven to the Norwegian waters where it caught cod. Its sister vessel "Berlin" entered into service at the beginning of December. Both vessels were inspected by a surveyor of the Ship Safety Division of BG Verkehr.

The hulls of both trawlers are of ice class ICE 1A and can still operate through ice floes which are up to 1 m thick.

The 80 m long stern trawlers meet very high standards regarding equipment and environmental features. In comparison to their predecessors, these newbuildings improve the working and living conditions of their crew considerably. Both ships have a German Fishing Labour Certificate.

The shipping company Deutsche Fischfang-Union (DFFU) has been a subsidiary company of the Icelandic seafood company Samherji since 1995.