Marport Extends Best Wishes to the F/V Pacific Glacier
On May 12th 2009, F/V Pacific Glacier re-entered the North Pacific fishing fleet, after a long overhaul and rebuilding effort – a consequence of severe fire damage in the Bering Sea during the 2008 A-season. The vessel was originally built at Todd Shipyard in Seattle as a supply boat and rebuilt by Mjellem & Karlsen in Norway in 1988. The 92 metre factory trawler is now fitted with advanced marine electronics designed to maximize its efficiency in navigation and fishing operations including a state of the art integrated bridge system allowing instant access of information, propulsion and fishing gear controls .
The F/V Pacific Glacier has been fitted with Marport’s Smart Catch® trawl monitoring solution including multi-function sensors for trawl door distance, depth, pitch and roll, a Trawl Explorer wireless net sounder with depth and temperature functions, a trawl speed sensor and multiple catch sensors. All Marport sensors have been integrated into the vessel’s high speed data network allowing multiple customized display presentations for instant access of trawling information, from multiple locations around the vessel.
A complete sea trial of trawl gear and monitoring equipment was successfully conducted in the Puget Sound in preparation to the start of the hake fishing season on the USA west coast.
Marport extends best wishes to the owners and crew for successful fishing. Welcome back to the fleet!
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