Damen Shipyards Antalya has delivered its third fast crew supplier vessel to UK-based High Speed Transfers (HST).
The vessel, named HST Harri, is booked to start immediately on a five-year contract in the North Sea with MHI Vestas, where her duties will include delivering personnel and equipment to multiple sites.
Harri joins HST Hudson, delivered in May 2018, and HST Sofia, which was handed over in March this year.
A fourth vessel of the same 2710 model, to be named HST Euan, is nearing completion for delivery to High Speed Transfers in December.
The fast crew supplier vessel 2710 model builds on Damen’s 2610 predecessor, incorporating all the feedback and experience gained from its operations.
The 2710 can carry 26 passengers, twice as many as the 2610, and can operate in wave heights of more than two metres due to an extra metre of freeboard. Additional features include more flexibility and deck space, increased comfort and more accommodation, according to Damen.
Both the HST Harri and HST Euan were recently visited by the Welsh national rugby team, which was holding a ten-day, hot weather training camp near Antalya, Turkey. Fourteen members of the squad were given a tour of the Harri as she lay alongside the dock.
UK and Ireland sales manager Arjen van Elk said: “Tom Nevin and his colleagues at HST have been great ambassadors for the new class and really demonstrated its capabilities and efficiency in both the North and Black seas to the offshore renewable and oil and gas sectors.”
HST CEO Tom Nevin added, “The HST family are delighted to have taken delivery of HST Harri and we look forward to the voyage from Turkey to the North Sea. The FCS 2710 has been well received in the market and we will continue to showcase the vessel and, with it, our company’s capabilities.”