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VESSEL REVIEW | Jinghai 1 Yuye Yangzhi Yunshu Chuan – New Chinese-built wellboat features remote monitoring systems

Baird Maritime

China's Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard has delivered a new live transport vessel to local owner Shandong Yantai Jinghai Marine Fishery Company.

Built to a design by Yantai CIMC Blue Ocean Technology Company, Jinghai 1 Yuye Yangzhi Yunshu Chuan ("Jinghai No 1 Fishery Aquaculture Transport Vessel") has a length of 62 metres, a beam of 10.5 metres, a design draught of 4.1 metres, a depth of five metres, and a total live transport capacity of 60 tonnes. A 1,620kW main engine propels the vessel to a speed of 12 knots.

The wellboat is fitted with an advanced loading and unloading system for live fish, and this system also features fish collection, weighing, and sorting equipment that can be controlled remotely. Other key equipment includes those for water circulation, CO2 removal, water temperature regulation, water treatment and disinfection, water quality monitoring, automatic pollution cleaning, and other environmental control and life support systems necessary for fish farming.

All these systems feature intelligent monitoring and control for more efficient harvesting, transport, and unloading. The builder said the projected fish survival rate from offshore cages to land is 100 per cent while the maximum unloading rate is around 250 cubic metres per hour.

The new wellboat is being used to transport live catfish, sea bass, and rainbow trout from nine offshore harvesting facilities near Nanhuangcheng Island in Shandong province to the Chinese mainland.

Jinghai 1 Yuye Yangzhi Yunshu Chuan
SPECIFICATIONS
Type of vessel:Wellboat
Flag:China
Owner:Shandong Yantai Jinghai Marine Fishery Company, China
Designer:Yantai CIMC Blue Ocean Technology Company, China
Builder:Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard, China
Length overall:62 metres
Beam:10.5 metres
Draught:4.1 metres
Depth:5.0 metres
Capacity:60 tonnes
Main engine:1,620 kW
Maximum speed:12 knots
Fishing equipment:Loading and unloading system; water circulation system; CO2 removal system; water temperature regulation system; water treatment and disinfection system; water quality monitoring system; automatic pollution cleaning system
Operational area:Shandong Province, China