First Damen Multi Cat 3013 for MCS
The UK’s Maritime Craft Services (MCS) Ltd has taken delivery of its first Damen Multi Cat 3013, making the company one of the largest operators of Damen vessels in the world, with 14 vessels in its fleet.
This order also represents an important milestone for Damen as it is the first vessel to be built at Damen Shipyards Sharjah, which opened in 2014.
Menno Kuyt, managing director, MCS, said: “This latest vessel fills a gap in our fleet, we were looking for a larger vessel, particularly with more crane capacity for dredging support work and Damen can make this happen very quickly.”
The new Damen Multi Cat 3013, MCS ELLY II, is equipped with two Heila HLRM 340 cranes, which each have a 33 tonne capacity over 9.4 m. Coupled with this, the vessel has a very spacious, unobstructed deck.
At 30.14m, the vessel has two Kraaijeveld winches, one for anchor handling (150-tonne capacity) and a 40-tonne towing winch.
It is a powerful vessel with 3x Caterpillar C32 TTA main engines, which enable the vessel to achieve 37.8 tonnes bollard pull and speeds of 10.6 knots. It can comfortably accommodate a crew of seven.
MCS ELLY II will be going straight to work in the Middle East on a major dredging project.
This MCS vessel is the third Damen Multi Cat 3013 to be sold and Damen is also building them for stock, with another being available for purchase in the next few weeks.
MCS has a long-standing relationship with relationship with Damen. Mr Menno’s father founded MCS nearly 40 years ago and the first vessel purchased was a Damen Stan Tug 1.
By Anne-Marie Causer
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