Macduff Ship Design are pleased to announce the completion of two new vessels

Macduff Ship Design has announced the completion of two new vessels, the fishing vessel Zenith BF 106 and ASD tug River Pearl 10. Zenith BF 106 was built by Macduff Shipyards for owner Mark Robertson, along with sons Paul and Adam. River Pearl 10 has been delivered to its owners Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works Limited. 

The Zenith fishing vessel replaces the owner’s previous two fishing vessels, ZEYPHR BF 601 (ex UBEROUS) built by the yard in 2005 and Zenith BF 106 (ex Daystar) built by the yard in 2008. The vessel is intended to fish out of Fraserburgh in the North East of Scotland, targeting primarily prawns in the North Sea region.

Zenith is the second vessel in a series of three sister ships, all of which are being built at the yard's newly developed Buckie site. The vessel follows on from the Celestial Dawn BF 109 which was handed over in the summer of 2022, and will itself be followed by the third sister ship Forever Faithful, now well under construction. All three vessels feature the same hull form and general fishing arrangement; however, each has its own unique internal layout to suit the owners’ preferences.

River Pearl 10 was completed by Synergy Shipbuilders at their yard in Goa and has recently completed successful trials exceeding the contract requirements of 10 knots speed and 10 T bollard pull.

The vessel is a landmark design for Macduff Ship Design being the first vessel designed for an Indian owner and built by an Indian shipyard.  We are now working with a number of clients within the market and are looking forward to meeting them and other clients when we will be exhibiting on the Parikh Power stand at INMEX SMM India in October.

‘River Pearl 10’ is designed as a multirole tug/service vessel with large open working deck aft, forward focsle and wheelhouse.  The layout will allow for the vessel to complete a wide range of harbour operations including docking and undocking of vessels, marine services to anchored vessels including crew transfer, delivery of supplies and work with customs officers.