THAILAND'S Sirichai Fisheries Group of Mahachai is looking to start twin-trawling with one of the company's larger steel-hulled vessels converted from a refrigerated fish carrier.
The company's Wirija Sirichai-Ekawat, director and fleet manager, attended Nor-Fishing 98 to evaluate available fishing gear and the purchase of a third winch.
Meanwhile, it is possible that the former British distant water freezer stern trawler Othello, bought by the group over ten years ago, could get back to sea.
She has been idle since her purchase in Singapore with the intention of converting her into a frozen fish carrier for the Sirichai fleet operating in distant waters.
However,
