Alaska factory trawler to upgrade steam boiler plant

From Marine Log Article:
22 November 2011

Flekkefjord, Norway, based Parat Halvorsen AS has been awarded an order for an 8000 kg/h steam boiler plant to be installed in the factory trawler, Northern Hawk, which is owned by Coastal Villages Pollock, LLC.

Northern Hawk is a stern trawler, built by the shipyard Ulstein Hatlø in 1990. parat's delivery is a retrofit of the existing boiler plant, designed to meet the needs of the on-board fishmeal plant and vessel heating system. The new boiler plant will be delivered with the latest technology for burning fish oil.

Northern Hawk, whose homeport is Chevak, Alaska, will be docked in Seattle, Wash., in April of 2012 for the installation of the boiler plant, and for general maintenance and repair. Northern Hawk is a sophisticated commercial fishing vessel that operates in the waters of the Bering Sea harvesting Alaska pollock

Coast Guard medevacs fisherman north of Cold Bay

Coast Guard News Release

Date: November 7, 2011

KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a man from a 150-foot fishing vessel 60 miles north of Cold Bay Monday.
Communications Station Kodiak watchstanders received a radio call at about 1:22 p.m. from the crew of the Wizard reporting a 28-year-old male collapsed and was showing signs of dehydration and shock.
The Jayhawk rescue crew was on a training flight when they heard the call. They self-diverted to the location of the Wizard and safely hoisted the man. The rescue crew transferred the man to Cold Bay clinic personnel for further evaluation at about 3:20 p.m.
“As COMMSTA was receiving the initial call, multiple Coast Guard assets overheard it,” said Chief Petty Officer Jeffrey Roberto, District 17 operations unit controller. “With the attentiveness of our crews, we were able to assist this man in an expeditious manner.”
The fishing vessel Wizard is a crabber based out of Seattle.
For more information contact Petty Officer 2nd Class Charly Hengen at 907-321-4505.