The Japanese company Kyokuyo Suisan Co. Ltd. – part of the Kyokuyo Group – is to take delivery of 1200-ton capacity tuna purse seiner in September.

She will be named Wakaba Maru No. 7 and replace the exisiting Wakaba Maru No. 8, according to FNI’s partner publication in Japan Suisan Times.

The tuna seiner will be both a highly competitive and large ship fitted with cutting-edge technology, which could also include a helicopter.

She will supply frozen tuna for the Kyokuyo Group’s vertically integrated operations comprising catching, processing and marketing.

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