Posted on January 22, 2019
The FCS 2710 is the replacement for Damen’s highly successful FCS 2610 and was first shown to the world at Seawork International in July 2018 with HST as the lead customer.
Effectively a complete redesign bringing with it a range of new capabilities and features, the FCS 2710 is capable of carrying twice as many passengers – 26 – as its predecessor and is also able to operate in wave heights of more than two metres due to an extra metre of freeboard.
Like the HST Sofia, the HST Harri will incorporate a few small layout changes to the working areas but otherwise the original specification remains unchanged.
Based in Swansea, Wales, HST is a recent entrant to the crew transfer market but is led by a highly experienced management team with extensive experience in the offshore transfer sector.
Since its formation, the business has been doing well. “The Hudson is just about to start its next project with the same client, this time in Belgium,” says managing director Tom Nevin. “Having completed its project in the Irish Sea successfully the client has decided it wants to keep the vessel so it’s starting a new project on the 1st of February.
Source: Maritime Journal
