Built for France Pelagique, part-owned by the Vrolijk Group, Scombrus is designed by ASD Ship Design in close co-operation with the owners as the latest generation of pelagic trawler built to wholefreeze catches at sea. It's more than twenty years since the last newbuild for one of the Dutch pelagic operators or their linked companies was delivered, and Scombrus departs from many of the familiar concepts.The 81.70 metre LOA, 17.50 metre Scombrus has been built at Havyard Ship Technology in Norway, and was delivered in the early part of this year, before heading for Holland fitting out to be completed. It wasn't until September, and with a couple of tripsalready behind it, that France Pelagique held a formal christening ceremony for the new trawler in Concarneau. At the same time a group of protestors held a counter event, while a police presence kept the two separate.Smaller than the conventional pelagic trawlers in its class, and also smaller than the 30-year old Sandettie it replaces and which has been sold out of Europe, Scombrus bristles with technology. In contrast to Sandettie with its Tier 1 engine room, Scombrus has a Tier 3 energy system on board, centred around a pair of MAK gM25E main engines, which power twin The Switch PPM generators and propulsion motors. These turn twin five-bladed, fixed pitch propellers from Rolls-Royce, who also supplied the twin rudders, steering gear and the bow thruster.
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