A unique new fishing vessel built to operate primarily as a longliner for Patagonian toothfish has been delivered by Batbygg in Norway to Austral Fisheries. Cape Arhona also has capacity for pelagic trawling and for fishing with traps.The Skipskompetanse-designed, 66.90 metre LOA. 15 metre breadth Cape Arhona has been completed at Batbygg on a hull constructed at Marine Projects in Gdansk. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the decision was taken not to hold a christening ceremony or celebration, and the latest addition to the Austral Fisheries fleet departed in early July from the yard in Maloy for its 45-day delivery trip to Fremantle in Western Australia.
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