Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has signed a contract with Wind Vitality Development AS to design and assemble a complicated Vitality Development Vessel (ECV), with an possibility for an extra vessel to be doubtlessly declared later this yr.
Wind Vitality Development AS, partly owned by the founders and house owners of Norwind Offshore AS, continues its collaboration with Vard, marking the sixth vessel contracted since October 2021. The earlier 5 vessels have been Development Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs).
The brand new ECV will function the VARD 3 11 design, tailor-made for the offshore wind and subsea market, with capabilities for inspection, upkeep, and restore of pipes, and the development and set up of infrastructure each above and under sea stage.
The vessel, designed for optimum station-keeping, maneuverability, and sea-keeping, would be the first by Vard to function a completely put in motion-compensated gangway with built-in 3D compensated crane performance and a 150-ton movement-compensated offshore crane, enhancing its capabilities for the renewables market.
“We’re happy to have, along with Vard, developed a brand new vessel class which is able to allow the event of renewable power to a good better extent,” stated Svein Leon Aure, CEO of Norwind Offshore. “The idea builds on vessels inside the development market which now we have beforehand constructed with Vard, and we really feel assured that it will play an necessary position within the improvement of, amongst different issues, offshore wind within the coming years.”
The vessel might be constructed, outfitted, commissioned, and delivered from Vard Vung Tau in Vietnam, with supply scheduled for Q2 2027.
Technical Specs:
Size: 111.5 meters
Beam: 22.4 meters
3D Electrical Managed Movement Compensated walk-to-work gangway
Heave compensated offshore subsea crane (150 tons)
Lodging for 120 personnel on board (POB)
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