factory ship
Seagoing fish plant
A factory ship is a large vessel equipped to process catch at sea—cleaning, filleting, freezing, or canning fish directly aboard rather than returning to port.
This allows fishing fleets to operate in distant waters for extended periods: The factory ship processed the trawlers' haul around the clock.
Some factory ships also serve whaling operations.
- mothershipPrimary vessel carrying others
- fishing vesselBoat for catching seafood
- deep seaLightless ocean zone
- high seasWaters beyond jurisdiction
- freezerSubzero storage compartment
ice · flash freezing · commercial fishing · fishing grounds · fish processing · floating · cold storage · bycatch · crew quarters · seiner · net · surimi · fish meal · seafood processing · conveyor · whaler · fish · hook
- fishing industrycommercial fishing, fishing fleet, fishing vessels, fishing ports, fishing port
- shipsvessel, freighter, tanker, oil tanker, frigate
- commercial fishingfishing boat, trawlers, fishing net, trawler, fishing gear
- fishing boatstrawler, trawlers, seiner, seiners, longliner
- fish processingfish processing, deboner, fillet knife, blast freezer, blast freezing
- Whalerswhaler, whaleboat, chaser, Pequod, Essex
factory shipcargo ship
Vessel for transporting goods
tanker · passenger ship · cruise ship · fishing boat · pleasure craft
ship, factory, shipping, manufacture, shipment, fabrication, manufacturing, factories, manufacturer