Parkol have delivered a 2nd state of the art scalloper for West Coast Sea Products Ltd.
In late March, looking resplendent in her blue and white paintwork, Halcyon BA 72 left Whitby on her maiden fishing trip. The boat was built as a sister ship to the Alcedo BA 77 that was also built by Parkols and delivered to WCSP Ltd in 2020. At that time the Alcedo was the largest fishing vessel to be built in the UK for 20 years.
Halcyon was designed by Ian Paton of S C McAllister and built at Parkols Teesside yard. She was lifted into the water on January 9th 2025, exactly five years after her sister ship, Alcedo entered the water at the Teesside yard on 10th January 2020, after a few weeks finishing off at Teesside, Halcyon steamed down to Whitby for final fitting out.
West Coast Sea Products West Coast Sea Products (WCSP) based in Kirkcudbright, was founded in 1968 by lobster fisherman Mr John King. Equipped with his knowledge of fishing King and Queen Scallops in the Irish Sea WCSP grew remarkably under his direction during its first 4 years. From then on WCSP continued to expand whilst remaining a family run business and maintaining strong links with the local community. The management of the company transferred to John Kings’ son, also John King, upon his retirement. John is now joined in the business by his three children, Stuart, Callum and Alice. In this time the company has developed, from one man and his lobster boat to a fleet of 6 vessels, employing 40 fishermen and 100 factory staff. The company is based in Kirkcudbright, in SW Scotland, one of the busiest ports in UK for the landing of King scallops and Queen scallops. The company operates three refrigerated vehicles collecting the raw product from ports all around Scotland and the UK.
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