Mooring system for world's first offshore fish farm rig
The eight-point mooring system will be deployed in the world’s first fish farm installation (Image: SalMar/Ocean Farming)
The equipment will be used to secure the installation to the seabed at Frohavet, off the coast of central Norway. The 68m-high rig will have a diameter of 110m and volume of 250,000m3.
SalMar is one of the world’s largest producers of farmed salmon. Further growth in the industry of harvesting from the sea is said to require use of new locations that offer good biological conditions for the farming of fish stocks, Rolls-Royce noted. Moving further offshore also requires new technology, however.
The eight-point mooring system to be delivered by Rolls-Royce includes monitoring, fairleads, connectors and a subsea load-sensing system.
Rolls-Royce has signed a contract with the Chinese Institute of Marine and Offshore Enginering, and the semi-submersible rig will be constructed at Qingdao Wuchuan Heavy Industry Co Ltd in China. It is designed by Norway's Global Maritime. Completion of the pilot ocean fish farm is planned by the second half of 2017.
