VARD Archives

Offshore Wind

North Star contracts VARD for up to four new offshore wind farm commissioning vessels

Workboat365 - 09/05/2023

VARD, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels, is pleased to announce that it has signed new contracts for the...

Retrofit

REM signs contract with Vard Electro for a vessel retrofit project

Workboat365 - 18/04/2023

Vard Electro has secured an order with REM to deliver a complete SeaQ Energy Storage System package for a vessel retrofit as the shipowner...

Power & Propulsion

North Star’s New Wave Of Greener Vessels

Workboat365 - 11/04/2023

Matthew Gordon hails North Star’s fleet decarbonisation strategy as a gamechanger for the business and the offshore industry As the maritime sector implements strategies to...

Power & Propulsion

New SCHOTTEL SRP-D: A reduced DP footprint and fuel savings confirmed by external experts

Workboat365 - 15/03/2023

The increased performance of the fast-responsive SCHOTTEL RudderPropeller Dynamic SRP-D has now also been confirmed by external sources. Initial investigations into the effect of...

Pipe/Cable laying

VARD secures contract for the design and construction of one Cable Laying Vessel for NCT Offshore

Workboat365 - 10/03/2023

VARD is pleased to announce that our VARD 9 01 design has once again been chosen for the construction of a Cable Laying Vessel....

Service Operation Vessels

VARD has signed contracts for four Commissioning Service Operation Vessels for Edda Wind

Workboat365 - 03/03/2023

VARD is delighted to announce contracts for the design and construction of four Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) for the Norwegian Edda Wind and...

Cranes

SMST knuckle boom crane for Van Oord’s new cable-laying vessel Calypso

Workboat365 - 02/03/2023

Recently, SMST’s 100t active heave compensated knuckle boom crane for Van Oord’s new cable-laying vessel Calypso left the SMST premises exactly on schedule for delivery to...

Cable Ships

The Sophie Germain: A Modern, Efficient and Eco-Friendly Cable Ship

Workboat365 - 31/01/2023

Orange Marine has begun building the Sophie Germain, a new cable ship designed specifically for maintaining submarine cables. This more efficient cable ship, which...

Service Operation Vessels

ICHzero – Integrated cooling and heating for zero-emission operation of offshore ships

Workboat365 - 07/12/2022

VARD secures funding by The Norwegian Research Council for research on energy efficiency optimization on zero emission designs. ICHzero The urgent demand for renewable energy production...

Pipe/Cable laying

Prysmian To Further Expand Its Cable-Laying Vessel Fleet To support Global Power Grid Upgrade For The Energy Transition

Workboat365 - 23/11/2022

Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, announces an investment of approximately €200 million in a new cutting-edge cable-layer...

Pipe/Cable laying

Van Oord’s new cable-laying vessel “Calypso” on its way to Norway for Completion

Workboat365 - 31/10/2022

Van Oord’s new cable-laying vessel Calypso is on its way to the Vard Brattvaag yard in Norway for construction finishing, after a successful and...

Davits

Davit order for Rem Offshore CSOV gives Vestdavit uplift in offshore wind sector

Workboat365 - 30/08/2022

Vestdavit’s trustworthy docking-head davit technology is gaining traction in the offshore wind market with the award of an initial contract on a construction service operation vessel...

Autonomous Vessels

Vard Electro stepping up investment for autonomous ship operations

Workboat365 - 20/06/2022

Vard Electro aims to facilitate a new generation of larger robotic vessels with the launch of SeaQ Remote to provide centralized remote operation of...

Service Operation Vessels

VARD delivered Norwind Offshore’s first vessel – Norwind Breeze goes straight into operation

Workboat365 - 30/05/2022

VARD has delivered Norwind Breeze to Norwind Offshore in Ålesund. Norwind Breeze is a Service Operation Vessel (SoV) for offshore wind. The vessel was...

Service Operation Vessels

VARD secures contracts for the design and construction of two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels for Norwind Offshore

Workboat365 - 14/04/2022

VARD, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels, is pleased to announce that Norwind Offshore in Norway has declared options...

Service Operation Vessels

VARD announce the delivery of Asia-first newbuild Taiwan-flagged Service Operation Vessel

Workboat365 - 11/03/2022

On March 8, 2022, the SOV TSS PIONEER was delivered at the VARD Vung Tau shipyard in Vietnam. The vessel has been constructed through...

offshore support vessel

Ocean Infinity Broadens Remote Fleet Plans with Order of 85m Robotic Vessels From VARD

Workboat365 - 24/02/2022

Ocean Infinity has contracted VARD for the design and construction of a new series of six multi-purpose offshore vessels, all of which will be...

Power & Propulsion

KONGSBERG delivers innovative propulsion technology to VARD for vessel newbuilds

Workboat365 - 17/01/2022

The new ship-owning company Norwind Offshore will fit KONGSBERG equipment to its two new Commissioning Service Operations Vessels (CSOVs), to be built by VARD. Kongsberg...

EXPEDITION SHIP

VARD announces the delivery of Viking Octantis

Workboat365 - 23/12/2021

Vard are pleased to announce the delivery of Viking Octantis, the first of two expedition vessels from VARD to Viking. The safest way to explore Viking...

Cranes

Red Rock secures new order for Offshore Wind

Workboat365 - 16/12/2021

Red Rock are once again very proud to announce that they have been awarded a contract by Vard for equipment supply to 1 service...

Offshore Wind

North Star wins £90m contract to complete vessel package for Dogger Bank Wind Farm

Workboat365 - 09/12/2021

North Star Group has clinched the service operations vessel (SOV) contract to support the third phase of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm, off the...

Container Ship

Yara to start operating the world’s first fully emission-free container ship

Workboat365 - 22/11/2021

The world's first electric and self-propelled container ship – Yara Birkeland – has departed for its maiden voyage in the Oslo fjord. Today, the...

Power & Propulsion

Siem Offshore orders SeaQ Energy Storage System from Vard Electro

Workboat365 - 26/10/2021

The newly signed contract covers Vard Electro’s SeaQ Energy Storage System (ESS) with two battery packs and a DC link, which will be installed in the...

Power & Propulsion

Kongsberg Maritime to deliver PM propulsion for two new offshore wind vessels, built for Rem Offshore

Workboat365 - 13/09/2021

Kongsberg Maritime has signed a contract with VARD shipyard to supply a large package of permanent magnet (PM) thrusters for installation on two new...

Patrol Boats

ABS AIP for VARD’s Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel

Workboat365 - 13/09/2021

ABS has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) to VARD Marine for its 115-meter next generation offshore patrol vessel (NGOPV) design. The VARD 7 115 NGOPV...

Battery Technology

Simon Møkster Shipping taps Vard Electro for the installation of SeaQ Energy Storage System onboard two platform supply vessels

Workboat365 - 10/09/2021

Simon Møkster Shipping has ordered SeaQ Energy Storage System from the technology company Vard Electro, enhancing the company’s efficiency and environmental performance. Vard Electro...

Service Operation Vessels

Rem Offshore and VARD signed contracts for the design and construction of Construction Service Operations Vessels

Workboat365 - 06/08/2021

We are delighted to announce the contracts of two Construction Service Operations Vessels (CSOVs) with an option for two additional vessels. The contracts for...

Hybrid

VARD are pleased to announce the delivery of the first hybrid electric cruise icebreaker with LNG propulsion.

Workboat365 - 03/08/2021

Le Commandant Charcot is a hybrid electric polar exploration ship with ice breaking technology powered by Liquefied Natural Gas. A Polar Class PC2 ship that...

Cranes

Red Rock wins crane contract for Dogger Bank SOVs

Workboat365 - 23/07/2021

Red Rock are very proud to announce that they have been awarded a contract by Vard for equipment supply to 3 service offshore vessels...

Hybrid

Atlantic Towing selects Vard Electro for implementation of battery technology to reduce Green House Gas emissions

Workboat365 - 14/07/2021

Vard Electro is pleased to announce the award of the contract for an innovative hybrid battery power system with Atlantic Towing to be integrated...

offshore support vessel

OSM CHOSEN AS OCEAN INFINITY’S NEW BUILD SITE SUPERVISION PARTNER

Workboat365 - 26/05/2021

OSM has been awarded the New Build Site Supervision project of Ocean Infinity’s Eight new build vessels project. The Vessels will contain a unique...

Ice Breaker

Canada’s Vard Marine and Finland’s ILS Ship Design & Engineering Announce a Collaborative Teaming Agreement

Workboat365 - 24/05/2021

Vard Marine Inc. and ILS Oy are delighted to announce an agreement to work together to develop design solutions for the global icebreaker market...

Offshore Wind Vessels

VARD wins North Star Renewables contract for three SOVs to operate on Dogger Bank Wind Farm

Workboat365 - 06/04/2021

VARD, one of the world’s major designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels, is pleased to announce that it has secured contracts for the design...

Cable Ships

VARD once again proves worthy of trust

Workboat365 - 17/02/2021

VARD is pleased to announce that Orange Marine has selected ship design from VARD’s extensive design portfolio when expanding their fleet of cable ships. VARD,...