Case Study: Larsnes Mek Verksted AS delivers the world’s largest live fish transport vessel with Cummins power

World’s Largest Farm Fish Boat

Larsnes Mek Versted AS, working on the Ro Fjord for Rostein AS, needed reliable auxiliary power for the world’s largest live-transport well-boat while helping protect live fish from disease and sea lice during transport. The vessel’s fish-handling, filtration, and monitoring systems required more power than a typical 72 by 66.6-meter vessel could provide, so the project called for marine generators and emergency power from Cummins.

Cummins supplied two KTA38DM1-powered generator sets at 936 kW each, plus one QSM11DM-powered emergency/harbour generator set at 320 kW. These units power a wide range of ship services, including the steering gear and two tunnel thrusters, while supporting the vessel’s advanced live-fish transport systems. The result was the successful delivery of Ro Fjord in 2009, a 2,750-cubic-meter well-boat designed to carry about 400 tons of live fish with extra safeguards such as UV-treated return water and filtration to reduce environmental risk.

Larsnes Mek Versted AS

Jarl Gunnar Stein

Managing Director