She runs a short route from the centre of Ålesund to Langevåg on a 5-year contract with FRAM, which is an arm of the county administration:
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The county municipality shall facilitate good and environmentally friendly public transport services throughout the county. The public transport service in Møre og Romsdal is called Fram and is responsible for buses, ferries and speedboats.
PS> The trip takes 10 min. each way.
BTW; that the actual Owners are from Hong Kong doesn’t mean that the administration in run from HK, or that the crew is Chinese.
It just means that Norway has an open economy.
Together with the Russian trawler KAPITAN DURACHENKO that has completed her drydocking and preparing to return to the fishing grounds in the Barents Sea:
The top boat during herring season for several years was the Gunnar Langva, blt 1926 as a whaler for Salvesen & Co, Leith, Scotland. During WWII the boat was used as minesweeper by Royal Navy and later the Soviet Navy and never returned to whaling. In 1949 it was purchased by Bjarne G. Longva and converted to fishing vessel.
Lengthened to 141.5 ft LOA in 1956 she appeared like this:
And seen here after a very good catch of herring in 1958:
Since then there have been several Gunnar Langva:
The present Gunnar Langva is #5 with the same name. Built in 2019 it is a far cry from the original, both in size, efficiency, safety and crew comfort:
This one is 7.99 m. LOA x 4.60 m. beam.
The brand new fishing boat of Simen Enoksen Ohr (18) is only 8 meters long. Nevertheless, it is called Norway’s “largest”. - It is a big, small boat. In fact, Norway’s largest eight-meter. I have not heard of anyone who is bigger, says the young fisherman.
PHOTO: COASTAL TECHNOLOGY
Here is one that is beating the 21.0 m. limit:
LOA: 20.95 m. Beam: 9.00 m.
At least she turn easily in narrow harbours:
Maybe small and look clumsy, but it is packed with equipment and offer good comfort for her small crew. (even w/Sauna):
PS> These vessels are prepared to be lengthened when the rules change.
After military service, it was clear to Holm that she wanted to become a fisherman.
PHOTO: TARJEI ENGESET OFSTAD
She has been our fisherman for a year, and the profession gives her taste. To gain experience at sea and get a leg inside, she first worked as a Messgirl onboard both the trawlers «Molnes» and «Nordstar».
She is now a full fletched “Fisherman” and has recently been elected as a board member of Sunnmøre og Romsdal fiskesalslag (Surofi). (Sales Cooperative)
The Cooperative shall ensure a minimum price for the catch, open and free auctions, and contribute to all landings of catch being properly reported.
She was elected together with Marit Sandbukt Grytten. According to Fiskeribladet , this was the first time in the saddle team’s 77-year history that women had been elected to the board.
Source: Smp.no today
New Trønderbas will be the next generation fishing vessel for Ulsund - the family that owns the company; a well-known player in the Norwegian fishing industry.
Photo: Westcon / Salt Ship Design (Illustration)
The collaboration between Ivan Ulsund Rederi AS and Westcon can be traced back to 1977, when the then Trønderbas had shelter decks built at the yard in Ølensvåg.
Photo: Tore Ulsund
