in West African Waters


LAFAYETTE - Russia [RU]

LAFAYETTE  /   Damanzaihao
Type: FISH FACTORY
Year Built: 1980
Length x Breadth: 229 m X 32 m
DeadWeight: 69131 t
Speed recorded (Max / Average): 10.2 / 9 knots
Flag: Russia [RU]
Call Sign: UDFI, IMO: 7913622, MMSI: 273421900
Last Position Received
Area:  West African waters / Mauritania
Latitude / Longitude: 18.24808˚ / -16.62965˚
Last Known Port:
Destination: FISHING GRAUND   (  Ground ! )
ETA: 2010-11-21 09:00
Info Received: 2011-01-16 20:16
Ex Names History
Vessel's Name Flag Call Sign Last Reported
LAFAYETTE Russia UDFI 2011-01-15 22:47
VEMACAPE Malta 9HAD9 2009-06-02 14:04



Vessel's details

20 July, 2011 / Mackerel row could "cost Ireland 1,500 fishing jobs"

The Lafayette: A Floating Fish Factory
http://britishseafishing.co.uk/the-lafayette-floating-fish-factory/

The 229-meter ship can freeze up to 1500 MT fish per day with the hulls' capacity of 30,000 MT. According to the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, Lafayette mothership is registered in Kaliningrad.

Name - DAMANZAIHAO
Former name - LAFAYETTE
Former name - VEMACAPE*
Year of name's change - 2009
Register number - 795238
IMO number - 7913622
MMSI - 273421900
Call sign - UDFI
Port of registry - Kaliningrad
Flag - Russia
Last inspection - --
Class symbol - KM*(1)(REF) fishing vessel
Renovation date - 01.11.2009
Type, subtype - Fishing, trawler, freezing plant
Construction date - 30.06.1980
Construction place - Japan
Construction number - 977
Gross tonnage - 49173 MK-1969
Deadweight (MT) - 36,484
Displacement - 62,667
Length (meters) - 228.6
Width (meters) - 32.2
Draught (meters) - 10.5
Speek - 15.0
Main engine - 1*10,920 kW, 1980

http://www.fishnet.ru/news/flot_bereg_promysel/23239.html

Chinese-Owned World’s Largest Fishing Vessel Spotted Off Australia (Febr - 17 - 2014)
http://theterramarproject.org/thedailycatch/chinese-owned-worlds-largest-fishing-vessel-spotted-off-australia/
http://www.smh.com.au/national/monster-fishing-ship-in-pacific-east-of-australia-20140216-32tr3.html#ixzz2tb13Kv3r

Lafayette ... now Damanzaihao

Giant Pacific Andes processor, Damanzaihao has no specific destination
(Peru - June 16, 2016)
http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear=&day=16&id=85105&l=e&country=0&special=&ndb=1&df=0