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On March 21, 2022 Krasnoye Sormovo started work on the painting of the hull of the head crab factory vessel "Vaigach" of the project KSP01 for the North-West Fishery Consortium. Launching is planned for summer 2022.
 
The design of the KSP01 crabbing processor vessel was designed by the Marine Engineering Bureau.
 
In its 170-year history, Krasnoye Sormovo is building fishing fleet vessels for the first time.
 
The handing over of finished crab vessels - processors will be performed in the following order: the first vessel of the KSP01 project in 2023 and the four following ones in 2024.
 
The main purpose of the project KSP01 crabbing processor vessel:
 
• fishing for Kamchatka and Opilio crab with cone, trapezoidal and rectangular type traps in depths from 20 to 400 m;
• processing of caught crab into finished, cooked and frozen products;
• storage of manufactured products in the freezer cargo hold;
• dispensing frozen products ashore or at sea by means of cargo booms using the "on the phone" method on refrigerated cargo ships in sea waves of up to 5 points.
 
The main types of crab harvested are Kamchatka crab and Opilio crab (snow crab), as well as other varieties of crab.
 
The processing capacity is 30 tpd for opilio crab and 60 tpd for king crab.
 
The capacity for finished frozen products is 20 tonnes per day for opilio crab and 40 tonnes per day for Kamchatka crab.
 
The vessel has the following characteristics:
 
overall length - approx. 63.2 m;
width - 15.0 m;
depth - 9.25 m.
 
Class of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping - KM Ice3 AUT1 PMS TMS BWM(T) (REF) Fishing Vessel.
 
The sailing area is unrestricted with a range of up to 50 days.
 
The vessel's intended area of operation is the Barents Sea.
 
The crab processing plant ensures the production of cooked-frozen walker and clawed limbs in brine-freezing in the following technological sequence:
 
• receiving caught crab from cone, pyramid and rectangular traps to the sorting table;
• sorting the crab and transporting the sorted crab to the receiving storage bin via an inclined conveyor belt;
• dumping substandard (young) crab overboard on a sloping tray;
• storage of live sorted crab in a storage bin (Live Tank) of about 60 cubic metres, divided into three sections, each equipped with a lifting bottom, for flushing the crab of sand and mud with cold, decontaminated seawater;
• serving live crab to the cutting stations;
• crab cutting (removal of carapace, disconnection of limb sections), stripping limbs of polyps and growths, stripping limbs of gill and liver residues;
• the disposal of production waste;
• weighing of crab limbs on electronic scales, sorting of limbs by weight, stacking of limbs in stainless steel baskets;
• feeding the stacked baskets from the "dirty" area of the mill to the "clean" area and on to the cooking boilers;
• boiling limbs in cooking pots;
• moving stands with boiled limb baskets to baths with running seawater for cooling and rinsing;
• hanging out racks with boiled limb baskets to drain off excess moisture after washing;
• moving racks with baskets into the brine contact freezing baths;
• glazing of frozen limbs;
• knocking the frozen block out of the block form onto the packaging table;
• bringing empty waxed cardboard boxes from the container hold to the packing area;
• packing boxes of frozen limbs, labeling, moving products mechanically into the cargo hold for storage.
 
In addition to the cargo freezer hold, the vessel has a freezer hold for storing bait and rooms for storing containers and salt.
 
The vessel has an electro-hydraulic selector crane with three independent booms - an upper telescopic boom for trap operations, an intermediate boom for the main power selector unit when working with orders and a lower boom for the selector unit when working with single traps.
 
Two electro-hydraulic loading cranes with folding boom and a specialised bumper trap grab are used to handle traps, unload products and load bait at the port. Each crane has a lifting capacity of 1.0 tonne at a maximum outreach of 20 metres and 3.0 tonne at an outreach of 11 metres. The cranes are controlled from the crane/cargo operator's cab or remotely via a portable radio remote control panel.
 
Two 2.0 tonne stern booms are installed for offshore transhipment of finished goods with an auxiliary gantry.
 
For auxiliary operations, a 0.99-tonne crane with an outreach of up to 8 metres is available on the forecastle deck.
 
The vessel's speed of 13.2 knots is provided by a single 2.720 kW main engine, running on CPP.
 
Steering is provided by a single rudder with a flap.
 
A 600 kW bow thruster and 440 kW stern thruster are provided to improve the manoeuvring characteristics of the vessel at low speeds, including when approaching traps and picking orders.
 
A 1700 kW three-phase alternating current generator with 440 V, 60 Hz frequency, with automatic voltage regulation, driven by a gearbox from the main engine is used as the main power source in the vessel's power plant.
 
There is also an auxiliary 990 kW diesel generator and a 350 kW standby diesel generator, as well as a 105 kW EDG.
 
The vessel power plant is designed for the following modes of operation:
 
• transition to the fishing grounds (with an empty cargo hold);
• setting traps;
• waiting for trap sampling and processing of the catch;
• trap sampling
• trap sampling (in bad weather);
• trap sampling (in emergency mode when there is an HV failure);
• transition to collect traps (with empty holds);
• unloading at sea;
• standing in the harbour.
 
The hull and superstructure are steel, the wheelhouse is aluminium alloy.
 
To ensure corrosion protection, in addition to paint materials, cathodic protection of the underwater part of the hull is provided, as well as zinc spraying (metallisation) of the external surfaces of structures exposed to aggressive environments.
 
The strength of the hull structures meets the RS requirements for vessels moored at sea in rough seas up to and including 5 points.
 
The vessel is equipped with radio and navigation equipment in accordance with the class of the vessel and the intended sailing area.
 
Accommodation for 38 crew members is provided in comfortable single and double cabins, the vessel has a wardroom with a separate self-service area, as well as all necessary medical, sanitary and hygienic facilities, in accordance with the Sanitary Regulations for fishing fleet vessels. In addition, the vessel has a sports complex with a gym and a sauna.
 
A passive type stabiliser is also provided to ensure crew comfort when the vessel is not fully loaded. Diesel oil is used as the fluid in the system.
 
For crew convenience, the vessel has an all-in-one IPTV-based infotainment system connected to Gigabit Ethernet LAN gateway, Triple Play broadband access; TV, radio, audio-video on demand (AVOD), video publishing, various information/publishing documents and the Internet.
 
The keel of the lead vessel of the project KSP01 "Vaigach" (construction number 1) was laid down on 20.05.20.
The keel of the second vessel "Kildin" (construction number 2) was laid down on 20.05.20.
The keel of the third vessel "Kolguev" (construction number 3) was laid down on 20.05.20.
The keel of the fourth vessel "Rybachy" (construction number 4) was laid down on 20.05.20.
The keel of the fifth vessel "Toros" (construction number 5) was laid down on 20.05.20.