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Old 10-14-2018, 03:28 PM  
TheSquealer
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I consulted for a company that managed some of these Super Trawlers in Russia. They were commissioned by the Soviet Government and built in Spain. I think there was 16 of them in total. Soviet Union collapsed and they sat for years at the shipyard in Spain (Vigo?)

So this what a $25,000,000.00 super trawler looks like. They had 16.


In less than 10 years....

Here is that exact ship. I think that almost of them were burned for insurance by the Russians. It's much easier to scam an insurance company 25 Mil than to have successful fishing seasons. I know at least 7 of the 16 burned. One burned in the shipyard in Vancouver BC (the FV Stimul i think), we had 2 collisions at sea just while I was on board... one of which sank a 142' Russian trawler. There are just no words to describe how incompetent these people were.



NOTE: they kept renaming them all and reflagging them and filing bankruptcy to get out of paying their bills and crews... which is why names, paint etc changes.
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