Nghe An: Handing over steel-hulled fishing boat worth nearly 14 billion

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of December 21, Song Dao Shipbuilding Industry Joint Stock Company, Nam Dinh, under the Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, coordinated with the People's Committee of Hoang Mai town to organize a handover ceremony of the steel-hulled ship NA 99939 TS to fisherman Hoang Van Viet in Phuong Hong block, Quynh Phuong ward, Hoang Mai town.

This is the third steel-hulled fishing boat of Hoang Mai town, operating a trawl net, built under a project funded by a loan from Decree 67 of the Government with a total cost of nearly 14 billion VND. Of which, the project loan from Viettinbank is 12.78 billion VND, the rest is contributed by the family and shareholders.

Ribbon cutting ceremony for the ship built under a project funded by Government Decree 67.

The ship is over 26 m long, 7.2 m wide, and has an operating speed of 10 nautical miles per hour. It is equipped with a main engine with a capacity of 822 CV, a generator, and full navigational equipment and operating systems. After the handover ceremony, the ship will depart to exploit fish in major fishing grounds such as Hoang Sa.

In the past 2 years, Hoang Mai town has had 32 projects registered to build new ships, including 28 wooden-hulled ships and 4 steel-hulled ships, of which 19 have been launched. The total disbursed capital is more than 166.6 billion VND/216.7 billion VND. Currently, there are 13 ships participating in fishing at sea with high economic efficiency.

The ship is over 26 m long, 7.2 m wide, and has an operating speed of 10 nautical miles/h.

In the coming time, the Town People's Committee will continue to implement Decree 67 to help fishermen access loans. The direction of modernizing fishing boats with steel hulls will gradually improve the capacity and efficiency of fishing at sea of ​​Hoang Mai fishermen and in the future will form a modern fishing fleet to go far offshore.

Thanh Thuy

Hoang Mai Radio Station