Scottish Seafarms is one of Scotlands leading aquaculture companys, with farms on the West coast of Scotland, Shetland and Orkney, their out put represents 24% of the total production of Atlantic Farmed salmon in Scotland.
The MV Sally Ann is a multi role service vessel designed by consultant naval architects AG Salmon and built by Arklow Marine Ltd, she will service Scottish Sea Farms sites on the West Coast of Scotland. She is 22.8m in length with an 8m beam and a lightship displacement of 120 tonnes. She has a service speed of 9 knots with a maximum speed of 10.5 knots.
EK Marine Ltd have designed, manufactured and installed the deck equipment package for Scottish Sea Farms new work vessel the MV Sally – Ann.
Desk equipment EK Marine Ltd designed and installed include:-
15 ton work winch
2 x 5 ton vertical capstan winches with foot operation
Anchor windlass for 20.5mm stud link chain.
Installation of the load sensing hydraulic control system for the deck equipment, Palfinger marine crane and vessels work compressors was carried out at the shipyard by EK Marine’s installation team working from one of the companies mobile workshops.
Sally Ann is capable of carrying 106 tonnes on deck and also has the ability to carry containerised cargo and ISO tanks together with fuel bunkers for 16,000 litres of fuel and three tonnes of water.
She will have permanent crew on board and will be used for fish treatments, net cleaning and changing, mooring handling and general day to day tasks around the company’s fish farm sites, she will be used for so many different roles, she has a lot of equipment on board. She will be expected to work 52 weeks of the year
Division: Winches & Hydraulics
Client: Scottish Seafoods
Date: July 2014
Site: Arklow Marine
Location: County Wicklow, Ireland