New FCS 7011

At the end of last year, an Ampelmann gangway was installed and integrated with the systems on board the 74m Aqua Helix.

The S-type motion-compensated gangway has been custom-designed for the FCS 7011. Engineered for minimum weight and fully electrical operation, the gangway plays a vital role in offshore crew transfers along with the VEEM gyrostabiliser and a range of other systems. Together they ensure safe and rapid personnel transfers to and from the vessel in a wide range of sea states.

Following the installation of the gangway, the Aqua Helix is now in the final stages of its sea trials. The first transfers using the gangway will take place in March at which point 40-knot, 122-passenger vessel will be available for customer demonstrations as a fully-integrated offshore crew supply solution.

Operating out of Den Helder, the initial focus of the Damen FCS 7011 will be on offshore wind and oil and gas operators in the North Sea.