Fishing Vessel | Island Enterprise
319.4′ x 45′ Factory Trawler; Trident Seafoods
Originally built as a 295’ x 45’ cargo vessel outfitted for Ro-Ro container service at Equitable Shipyards in 1979 as the M/V America. The vessel was converted to a Factory Trawler in 1989 at Bender Shipbuilding. Hockema has provided engineering and support to Trident Seafoods on several projects:
- Various maintenance engineering projects including stability, tonnage & miscellaneous structural projects.
- Raised bow (2014)
- Electric trawl deck equipment conversion (2018)
- Nautican Integrated Propulsion Unit (IPU) retrofitted (2018)
- Fish Meal Dryer Replacement (2023)
- Updated Stability Booklet
