Rolls-Royce (www.Rolls-Royce.com) has signed a contract to deliver ship design and an extensive range of ship equipment for a Purse Seiner/Pelagic trawler to be built for the ship-owning company Gunnar Langva AS, which is based in Ålesund, Norway.

The 75m-long vessel is to be built by Westcon Yards in Norway, and the Rolls-Royce contract has been signed with the yard. This will be Westcon’s second order for Gunnar Langva.

The previous vessel was delivered in 2013 and also designed by Rolls-Royce.

The new vessel will be the sixth in a row to be named Gunnar Langva after the family-owned company; it will be an NVC 353-type design, and the equipment to be delivered from Rolls-Royce will include a B33:45 diesel engine and the Promas integrated rudder and propeller system. Rolls-Royce will also deliver hydraulic winches.

Monrad Hide, vice president sales (Rolls-Royce) said: “The design focus has been to enhance the current features of Gunnar Langva while at the same time increasing overall efficiency.

"The new vessel will be updated to a cost-efficient and maintenance-friendly design type, and the propulsion system will reduce fuel consumption, as well as onboard and in-water noise and vibrations.”

The new Gunnar Langva, which will mainly be fishing in the North Sea and the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, is expected to be delivered in the third quarter of 2019.