Vard Marine (VARD) is doubling down on the U.S. offshore wind sector, having recently secured ABS Approval in Principle (AIP) for a second Jones Act service operation vessel (SOV) design.The AIP awarded in June 2020 is for a customized version…
Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has said it has won a contract to design and build a Service Operation Vessel (SOV) for Ta San Shang Marine.The news comes a day after Orsted confirmed it would charter a newbuild SOV from Ta San Shang - a JV between MOL and TTM - on a 15-year deal…
Classification society ABS said it has granted the first Approval in Principle (AIP) to VARD for its design of a Jones Act service operations vessel (SOV).The AIP addresses a customized version of VARD 4 07 US SOV design, with primary functions including accommodation…
The recently named cable laying vessel Leonardo Da Vinci, set to join the fleet of energy and telecom cable systems company Prysmian Group in the second quarter of 2021, incorporates innovative features that required the new battery power class…
Norwegian offshore service and supply ship shipping company Solstad Offshore and Mexican company Subtec S.A have agreed to extend the contract for the construction support vessel (CSV) Far Sentinel with two-and-a-half-years.The 142-meter CSV…
Norwegian VARD will incorporate a hull-integrated seawater cooling system for a cable laying vessel the shipbuilder is designing and constructing for energy and telecom cable systems firm Prysmian Group.Ålesund-based Hydroniq Coolers – formerly…
Technip’s latest newbuild, the diving support vessel (DSV) Deep Explorer, has been officially named in Norway. The traditional naming ceremony was held at VARD’s Langsten shipyard. Deep Explorer is a DP3 class DSV, purpose-designed and…
Italy's Fincantieri has offered to buy out all the shares in shipbuilder Vard. Shipbuilding group Fincantieri, which is listed in Italy and is currently the majority shareholder in Vard, with 55.63% of shares, is offering S$0.24 a share in cash for Vard…
Solstad Offshore has taken delivery of the Normand Maximus and started it on its eight-year charter contract with Italy's Saipem. The Normand Maximus was developed in close collaboration between Solstad, Saipem and shipbuilder Vard…
Vard Holdings secured a contract worth about US$40 million for the design and construction of two additional module carrier vessels for Topaz Energy and Marine. The vessels, of VARD 9 21 design and measuring 123m by 16.5m, are sister…
Vard Holdings has terminated a shipbuilding contract for one offshore construction and anchor handling vessel with Rem Offshore in return for compensation. The contract with REM was struck last year in June 2014, and the vessel is already in the early stages of construction…
Vessel builder Vard is looking at its options concerning a Harkand diving support and construction vessel that is under construction at its yard, after Harkand went into administration last week. Harkand has one diving support and construction…
Vessel builder VARD, vessel operator DOF and subsea firm Technip celebrated the christening of the newbuild Skandi Açu pipelay support vessel (PLSV) at Dutch offshore equipment manufacturer and engineer Huisman in the Netherlands. The…
Dubai-based Topaz Energy and Marine awarded Singapore-listed shipbuilder Vard Holidings (VARD) two new contracts, which exceed US$100 million, for the construction of two offshore subsea construction vessels (OSCV) this week. Image from VARD…
Norway-based ship builder Vard is to design and build a new offshore subsea construction vessel for fellow-Norwegian firm Farstad Shipping. The 98m-long, 21.5m-beam vessel will be of VARD 3 17 design has been developed especially for subsea and inspection…
