Factory trawler Centurión del Atlántico – the largest in the South American country – has made a strong start after a complete refit

In September 2024, Estremar, a leading Argentine fisheries company, put its fully-renovated factory vessel Centurión del Atlántico into action. The 118-metre-long trawler is now the only fishing vessel in the South American country with hybrid propulsion. Its update was done in Norway, where it received many new features to enhance its operations’ sustainability and to reduce its carbon footprint.

Manufactured in 1986 in Japan, Centurión del Atlántico is “probably the largest one in operation in Argentina”, reckons Alan Mackern, Estremar’s former CEO and now a member of the company’s board. After a refit in 2007, Centurión remained in good shape for its service in the world’s southernmost port, Ushuaia. More than a decade later, the company decided it was time to take a step further and pursue a renovation oriented by efficiency and environmentally friendly technologies and systems.