Vladivostok 2000
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Vladivostok 2000 (ex-Damanzaihao) is the world's largest fish factory ship[5] with a mass of 49,367 tons and 228 metres (748 ft 0 in) in length.[2]
Nakhodka| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Vladivostok 2000 |
| Owner | Pacific Marine Trawlers Ltd. |
| Operator | Dalmoreprodukt |
| Port of registry | Nakhodka |
| Builder | Nippon Kokan K.K.,[1] Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama |
| Yard number | 977 |
| Launched | 14 March 1980 |
| Completed | 30 June 1980 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Fish factory ship |
| Tonnage | 49,367 tons [2] |
| Length | 228.6 m (750 ft 0 in)[2] |
| Beam | 32.2 m (105 ft 8 in) |
| Draft | 13 m (42 ft 8 in)[3] |
| Depth | 19 m (62 ft 4 in)[4] |
| Installed power | 10,920 kW (14,640 hp) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-Sulzer (Sumitomo) 6RND 76M |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Since July 2019, the vessel is Russia-flagged, owned by Pacific Marine Trawlers Ltd and operated by Dalmoreprodukt, both located at Vladivostok.
Previously the ship was sailing under flag of Belize and was owned by Peru-based Pacific Andes and 'Sustainable Fishing Resources', a subsidiary of the conglomerate China Fishery Group, which filed for bankruptcy in the United States on 30 June 2016.[6]
The ship was built in 1980 as an oil tanker for a Norwegian company,[1] and was christened Freeport Chief, since then, it has been renamed Dorsetshire (1990), Protank Orinoco (1991), Vemacape (2009), Lafayette (2014) and lastly, Damanzaihao.[4][2][7] In 2008 the vessel was converted to a fish factory ship in a Chinese shipyard.[1][8]
Illegal fishing
In 2014, the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) put Damanzaihao on a draft list of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) vessels.[4][1] Following a review, its listing was confirmed in 2015[9] and fined $800,000 which remains unpaid as of 2018.[1][10]
The ship was detained by agents from the Peruvian Environmental Prosecutor's Office on 30 May 2018 following additional allegations of illegal fishing and pollution of Chimbote Bay in Peru.[11] Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's MV John Paul DeJoria vessel operated in Peruvian waters to investigate and gather information to assist the government.[5][11]