Cape Arkona
Award Winning
70-100 m
200-500 kWh
Cape Arkona is the first multiple-purpose fishing boat and is rigged for three types of fishing - autoline, trawling and potting. One can alternate between the tree fishing styles on the same trip without having to re-rig. Austral Fisheries is already doing many measures to be carbon neutral, among other things, planting thousands of trees yearly. Cape Arkona is a hybrid vessel equipped with an Orca Energy battery pack that helps Austral Fisheries reach its goal of carbon neutrality.
Corvus ESS specifications:
| Name | Cape Arkona |
| Owner | Austral Fisheries |
| Integrator | Elmarin |
| Segment | Fishing and Aquaculture |
| Sub-segment | Fishing |
| Vessel type | Fishing Vessel |
| ESS capacity | 361 kWh |
| Corvus product | Corvus Orca ESS |
| Delivery year | 2020 |
| Ship yard | Baatbygg |
| Ship design | Skipskompetanse SK-4260 |
| Newbuild/Retrofit | Newbuild |
| Vessel size | 66,9 m x 15 m |
| Payload capacity | 1150 m3 frozen storage |
| IMO no | 9857585 |
| Area of Operation | Australia, South Africa, |
| Ship system | Hybrid |
| Class | BV |
| Flag state | Australia |
Estimated annual savings
0 liters
diesel/year saved
0 t/year
CO2 emission reduction
Battery operation
Load Levelling
Peak Shaving
Awards
The Norwegian-built Cape Arkona was awarded the best multi-purpose fishing boat of 2020 during the Baird Maritime Awards.
“There is no doubt,” Baatbygg told Baird Maritime, “that the most unique feature about the vessel is the combination of catch methods and the possibility to carry all the different necessary fishing gear at the same time. The propulsion and power train are also unique for this type of fishing vessel and as far as we know, it is the first configuration of this specific type to also be tied in with a battery system to create a true hybrid.
“There is no doubt,” Baatbygg told Baird Maritime, “that the most unique feature about the vessel is the combination of catch methods and the possibility to carry all the different necessary fishing gear at the same time. The propulsion and power train are also unique for this type of fishing vessel and as far as we know, it is the first configuration of this specific type to also be tied in with a battery system to create a true hybrid.