Yard builds second Norwegian design; crabber has advantage with live tank

摘要

Getting the contract to build its second vessel designed by the Norwegian firm Skipsteknisk AS puts Dakota Creek Industries at the head of thepack when it comes to building new fishing boats for the North Pacific and Bering Sea.The first was the 191' 5" x 42' Blue North, a freezer longliner for the Seattle company of the same name. The new vessel being built at the Anacortes, Wash., shipyard is the 261.8' x 50.5' freezer trawler America's Finest, an Amendment 80 replacement vessel for Fishermen's Finest in Kirkland, Wash. She will replace one of the company's two trawlers, either American No. 1 or U.S. Intrepid. Both were built in 1979.