Shrimp Trawler
The shrimp trawler is a vessel trawler type for catching shrimps and prawns. The shrimp trawlers are often large ocean-going vessels with equipment for boiling, processing and freezing the catch. This vessel types catch shrimps by pulling a trawl through the water from the stern of the vessel. When the trawl is filled, it is being hauled on-board at the stern of the vessel. At large ocean-going shrimp trawlers, the shrimps are then transported to the factory for boiling and processing, then to the freezing, packaging and lastly to the storage on the vessel. A shrimp trawler can have a LOA up to approx. 90 meters and 4000 GT. These large shrimp trawlers have factory on board for processing and are often twin rigged with two trawls, operated from the stern of the vessel.
Arctic type shrimp trawler
Many larger shrimp trawlers operate in arctic waters near the North Pole. These shrimp trawlers therefore need to be ice strengthened to operate in the freezing waters. Besides to shrimp trawling, the shrimp trawler vessels can most often also catch several white fish species as halibut and cod.
Shrimp trawlers for sale
Most of the shrimp trawlers for sale with Atlantic Shipping, are ocean-going shrimp trawlers with ice class. Atlantic Shipping has much experience in the sale and purchase of shrimp trawlers, but also in newbuilding of shrimp trawlers. Please contact our office for more information on shrimp trawlers for sale.