St. Petersburg-based Severnaya Verf and the Admiralty Shipyards on July 8 handed over three new fishing vessels ordered by whitefish giants Norebo Group, Russian Fishery Company (RFC) and Virma through the state investment quota program.

The Kapitan Sokolov, the first in a series of 10 factory trawlers, was built by Severnaya Verf for Norebo and is designed to fish cod and haddock in the North Atlantic.

The Kapitan Sokolov was built for Norebo and designed to fish cod and haddock in the North Atlantic.