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LONDON & PUERTO MONTT — A fish- farming superyacht developed by Ocean Ark Tech of Chile (OATECH) and its strategic ally, London-based Ocean Sovereign, is one step closer to delivering fish to market after winning a key approval from marine classification society, RINA.
Registro Italiano Navale (RINA) announced today an Approval in Principle (AiP) of the new-concept offshore fish-farming system, Ocean Ark. The vessel delivers a new approach to aquaculture and looks set to disrupt by dramatically improving fish health, crew comfort and the industry’s image.
The ocean offers singular opportunity for fish-farming to meet the nutritional needs of a growing world population. Deploying the Ocean Ark away from marine heatwaves, algae blooms and storms—aquaculture’s three Achilles’ heels—would produce higher quality fish and increase world protein production without increasing pressures on wild stocks, coastal habitats or on-land water resources.
OATECH founder, Rodrigo Sanchez Raccaro, said, “We have applied all our knowledge and experience in the design, engineering and development of this farming Ark Superyacht, including the dynamic and static modelling that test wave resistance. The ships offer a solid business plan for fish production.”
“This Superyacht Fish farm was designed to operate offshore, where the best conditions are met for the fish,” Raccaro said. This technology allows low-density production of healthier, higher-quality fish at lower costs than the offshore, land-based and coastal aquaculture systems now available. The Ocean Ark can operate near Asian, US and EU consumer markets for a major drop in transport emissions.
Newbuild line-up
The vessel is a self-propelled, AI-assisted, low-emissions trimaran 170 m long and 64 m wide. AI and self-cleaning fish pens of copper help secure fish health and welfare. While finance is secured for several units, MOU’s to build the Ocean Arks are signed with a range of world-leading shipyards that includes China Merchants Industry holdings, Tersan and CIMC Raffles.
RINA Marine Principal Engineer for Northwest Europe, Patrizio Di Francesco, said, “This is an unusual vessel. Its AiP presents a milestone for both the fish farming industry and for
the classification of unconventional ships. It is an innovative approach to the sustainable harvesting of fish to help secure food security and sovereignty and one which may revolutionise fish farming for the future.”
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About Ocean Ark Tech
Ocean Ark Tech of Chile (OATECH) and its strategic ally U.K-based Ocean Sovereign aim to help feed the earth’s growing population of nearly eight billion, a key goal of the UN’s 2050 Food Security Challenge. For his fish-health innovations, OATECH founder Rodrigo Sanchez Raccaro won Chile’s National Innovation Award, the Ibero-American innovation Award. Mr. Raccaro’s drawings gave rise to the Ocean Ark, and he invited the notable industry pioneers and thinkers that now form the Ark team. Among them are Cristino Stange, Héctor Ruiz and Andrés Fuentes: former Chilean fish-farming CEOs and entrepreneurs; tech innovators for the worldwide industry and former officers of a Chilean Navy that routinely sails the most inhospitable seas, including the infamous Cape Horn and Tierra del Fuego (Patagonia).
About RINA
RINA provides a wide range of services across the Energy & Mobility, Marine, Certification, Infrastructure & Real Estate and Industry sectors. With net revenues in 2020 of 495 million Euros, over 4,000 employees and 200 offices in 70 countries, RINA is a member of key international organizations and an important contributor to the development of new legislative standards. www.rina.org
Contacts
Info@oceansovereign.com
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