Ensuring optimal cooling from the moment fish are brought on board is crucial. Proper temperature management throughout the entire process until landing preserves the quality and value of the catch. Cooling offers high-quality cooling solutions for fishing vessels and fish processing plants, along with comprehensive support services in Northern Europe and on the East Coast of United States and Canada.
To maximize the value of the catch, it’s essential to handle the fish at the correct temperature from the moment it’s brought on board until it’s landed.
Utilizing seawater coolers allows for bleeding the fish at optimal temperatures, preserving the highest quality at this critical stage.
After bleeding, maintaining proper cooling is vital, whether the fish is to be processed further or stored.
Achieving the ideal temperature at every stage of processing is key to ensuring maximum freshness.
HYDRA
Maximize older investments
Upgrade to Environmentally Friendly Cooling Systems
Reduce freon usage by up to 90%
Now is the opportunity to upgrade existing cooling systems with Cooling’s HYDRA solution, which can reduce current Freon usage by up to 90%.
Cooling has developed a method that enables operators to transition to cost-effective and environmentally friendly cooling solutions by retrofitting older Freon systems.
Traditionally, replacing Freon-based systems entirely was the only option, often involving significant costs.
Kæling now offers a much more affordable and straightforward solution called HYDRA.
HYDRA systems are hybrid Freon/Ammonia solutions where a small part of the system uses Freon for initial cooling, which is then transferred to an ammonia-water mixture circulated through closed loops to the areas requiring cooling.
This approach reduces the amount of Freon needed per system by up to 90%, making the system safer, more economical, and environmentally friendly.
The benefits are substantial, including a significantly lower risk of Freon leaks, immediate cost savings through improved cooling performance, and likely elimination of Freon purchases for the next decade, along with positive environmental impacts.
Conditions often vary significantly from one vessel to another.
Cooling offers customized solutions tailored to the specific environment and needs of each vessel.
Chilled seawater is highly effective in maintaining the correct temperature of the catch at every stage, from landing through to the start of storage cooling.
Seawater cooling systems can be equipped with multiple outlets, each providing chilled seawater at different temperatures tailored to the specific stages of processing. This ensures optimal cooling at every step and maximizes the quality of the catch.
Proper cooling slows down bacterial growth and reduces enzymatic activity, helping to preserve freshness and product integrity.
All the same benefits as conventional seawater coolers with multiple outlets providing seawater at different temperatures, but with significantly lower energy consumption.
Seawater that has passed through parts of the processing or catch handling stages is filtered and purified before being returned to the cooling spirals and then recirculated for use.
In this way, the chilled seawater is reused repeatedly, requiring far less energy to maintain the correct temperature compared to systems that continuously draw in fresh seawater.
This environmentally friendly approach can deliver a rapid return on investment.
Slurry ice envelops the entire catch, ensuring faster, more even, and efficient cooling compared to traditional flake ice. Surface blemishes caused by the uneven cooling of flake ice are effectively eliminated. Slurry ice can also be easily pumped through pipelines to wherever it is needed, whether to single or multiple locations onboard vessels or at land-based facilities.
