Norway’s Vard has won an order to build an energy construction vessel.
Norwind Offshore-linked company Wind Energy Construction ordered the Vard 3 11-design ship at the shipbuilder’s yard in Vietnam.
“We are pleased to have, together with Vard, developed a new vessel category which will enable the development of renewable energy to an even greater extent,” said Norwind Offshore and Wind Energy Construction chief executive Svein Leon Aure.
“The concept builds on vessels within the construction market which we have previously built with Vard, and we feel confident that this will play an important role in the development of, among other things, offshore wind in the coming years.”
Vard said the ship will be delivered in the second quarter of 2027 and is designed “for the best possible station-keeping, manoeuvrability and sea-keeping”.
It is designed for the offshore wind and subsea market, including inspection, pipe maintenance and repair, and construction and installation, above and below sea.
Vard senior vice president for sales & marketing Torgeir Haugan said: “We are delighted that the people behind Norwind Offshore and Wind Energy Construction AS chose Vard when broadening their fleet of vessels.
“This contract shows that Vard maintains its technological and industrial leadership in the offshore market. Together with the customer we push boundaries and continue to develop our vessels to the best of our customers wanting to be a part of the green transition.”
Wind Energy Construction was founded in part by the Farstad and Volstad families that back Norwind Offshore, in which Denmark’s Navigare Capital Partners is an investor.
Navigare itself is backed by major AP Moller-Maersk shareholder Robert Maersk Uggla and Danish investor J Lauritzen.
Norwind Offshore has ordered five commissioning service operation vessels from Vard since its founding in 2021, plus the conversion of a platform supply vessel to a service operation vessel.
