Damen to Deliver One More Twin Axe FCS 2610 to MSC

This week, Maritime Craft Services (MCS) will take delivery of one of the two additional Twin Axe Fast Crew Suppliers (FCS) 2610 ordered from Damen, The Scotsman reports.

After MCS took delivery of three Damen Twin Axe FCS 2610s last month, the company placed an order for two more, MCS Coromell and MCS Boreas. The MCS Coromell should be delivered this week.

About the Twin Axe Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2610:

The Twin Axe design is a further development of Damen’s pioneering and highly successful Sea Axe concept. The FCS 2610 design enables the safe transfer of personnel onto platforms or wind turbines at wave heights of more than 2.5 metres.

Other distinctions are the maximum speed of 26 knots (with a range of 1,200 nm, depending on sea state) and the low fuel consumption, another result of the low-resistance double Sea Axe bow. The 26 x 10 m vessel offers accommodation for a crew of four and up to 12 passengers.

With ample working and storage space on deck it is possible to load various types of cargo with the onboard crane (20 tm), incl. either two 10” containers or two 20” containers. Furthermore, the vessel shows a spacious rescue platform, HP cleaning unit, a three-point mooring system and extra mooring winches.

All the vessels have been built at Damen Shipyards Singapore, which is a Group specialist in high-speed aluminium craft. To meet the demand for the Twin Axe FCS 2610 Damen builds them continuously for stock.

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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, August 13, 2013