Damen Shipyards Group has unveiled a new design for a service accommodation and transfer vessel for use in the offshore wind market in North America.
The fast crew supplier 3410 vessel is based on the Damen twin axe bow design, which allows the ship to cut through waves instead of slamming into them.
Damen US sales manager Daan Dijxhoorn said: “This vessel is well suited to numerous markets, however, we have given it long endurance capability so that it can remain at sea for up to five days at a time – a requirement typically seen in US operations.
“To facilitate this we have designed a vessel six metres longer than previous FCS types, able to host more on board personnel and accommodation.”
It builds on the FCS 2610 and 2710 designs and also draws on the Damen accommodation support vessel 9020 – a walk-to-work vessel which is designed for transporting and providing accommodation for offshore personnel for up to a month.
Damen also plans for the FCS 3410 to be built at shipyards in the US.