MarineCo orders newly designed Damen
Multi Cat 2712
MarineCo UK has contracted Damen Shipyards
Group for a Multi Cat 2712. The vessel will be delivered in April 2015.
Mr. Mike Conafray, Managing Director at MarineCo stated that, "after
a long evaluation, with alternative builders, Damen came through with the
right vessel at the right cost. The new vessel will comfortably sit
alongside our existing all-Damen Fleet. Marineco UK is one of the few UK
operators with an all-Damen fleet. The new vessel is to be named Marineco
Havanah, after the arrival of Mike and Kaye’s twin granddaughters Ava
and Hannah."
The Multi Cat 2712 is the second contract
for this new type in the Damen Multi Cat Series, It measures 27 metres
in length and 12 metres in width. The vessel is equipped with two engines
and has a maximum bollard pull of 35 tonnes.
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The Damen Standard
Because of its measurements, according to
Damen the Multi Cat 2712 is a vessel that can be used for many purposes.
A decision about the working area of the Multi Cat will be made later.
The vessel is very flexible and developed
according to the Damen Standard, with attention for a logical, functional
and maintenance friendly design of wheelhouse and deck layout.
Damen has a long standing relationship with
MarineCo, previously delivering high speed support vessels, Multiple FCS
2610 Twin Axes, a Damen Stan Tug 2608, Multi Cats and Damen Shoalbusters
to the company. As MarineCo Managing Director Conafray says himself: “We
have an entire Damen fleet”. MarineCo is an offshore industrial company,
currently, their Stan Tug 2608 is operating in Abu Dhabi, towing rock barges
24 hours a day.
Damen Multi Cat – a versatile workboat
The Multi Cat, another Damen invention dating
four decades back, is a highly successful all-round workhorse. Today, Multi
Cats around the world (Bureau Veritas Unrestricted Navigation and IVW/MCA
service notation) steadily perform the duties they are designed for in
a variety of markets, such as dredging, towing and offshore wind. From
anchor, pipeline or cutter-head handling and repair, to transporting fuel,
supplies, spare parts and crew transport to wind turbines. Multi Cats have
a large working deck, one or two cranes and both a stern and blow roller.
The larger Multi Cats can be equipped with
Dynamic Positioning e.g. DP2. From shifting dredgers from one location
to another, to assisting cable-laying barges – a Multi Cat can be deployed
for many river, inshore and offshore tasks.
Marineco UK
Marineco UK is an Edinburgh based operator,
established in 1996 who operates various types of Damen-built vessels
working throughout the world 24/7. Marineco UK employs over 70 staff and
crew from as far afield as Mexico to Singapore.
Damen Shipyards Group
Damen Shipyards Group operates 32 ship- and
repair yards, employing 9,000 people worldwide. Damen has delivered more
than 5,000 vessels in more than 100 countries and delivers approximately
160 vessels annually to customers worldwide.
Damen offers a wide range of products, including:
tugs, workboats, naval and patrol vessels, high-speed craft, cargo vessels,
dredgers, vessels for the offshore industry, ferries, pontoons and super
yachts.
For nearly all vessel types Damen offers
a broad range of services, such as maintenance, spare parts delivery, training
and transfer of (shipbuilding) know-how. Finally, Damen offers a variety
of marine components, especially nozzles, (flap-type) rudders, steering
gear, anchors, anchor chains and steel works.
Damen Shiprepair & Conversion
In addition to ship design and shipbuilding,
Damen Shiprepair & Conversion offers a network of 15 repair and conversion
yards worldwide, with dry docks ranging up to 420 x 80 metres. Conversion
projects range from adapting vessels to meet today’s requirements and
regulations to the complete conversion of large offshore structures. DS&C
handles 1,500 repair and maintenance jobs annually.
