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Vard Holdings Limited secured contracts with joint ventures of DOF Subsea and Technip for the design and construction of four Pipe Lay Support Vessels (PLSVs), a contract which is the largest order in VARD?s history, with an aggregate order value of approximately $ 1.1b. Two of the vessels, of VARD 3 05 design (151 x 30 m) will be delivered in 2Q 2016 and 3Q 2016 respectively. The hulls of these vessels will be built at Vard Tulcea in Romania and out tted at Vard Søviknes in Norway. The other two vessels, of VARD 3 16 (139.9 x 28 m) design, will be deliv- ered from Vard Promar in Brazil, in 4Q 2016 and 2Q 2017 respectively. The new designs have been developed in cooperation with DOF and Technip. The Norwegian built vessels will carry pipe lay towers rated at 650 tons, among the largest ever in the industry. At 340 tons, the Brazilian built vessels will be among the most complex vessels ever constructed in Brazil. Topside equipment for all four ships will be delivered by Huisman of the Netherlands. Power and automation technology group ABB won an order to provide integrated solutions that include the electrical propulsion system, Azipod CZ and automa- tion system onboard two offshore accommodation vessels. The 1+1 accommodation vessels will be built by COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard Co., Ltd for Singapore-registered owner Logitel Offshore, which is a subsidiary of Norwegian compa- ny Sevan Marine. The cylinder-shaped vessels will each have a displacement of about 40,000 metric tons and capacity to accommodate 490 persons.ABB has extensive experience in providing electrical propul- sion systems and Azipod units for various offshore vessels. However, this is a breakthrough order for ABB in the  oater business to provide an integrated solution that combines not only electrical propulsion system and Azipod, but also the au- tomation system. This integrated package will be delivered to the shipyard by October 2014. ABB will provide power distribution systems for the two Logitel vessels, including generators, switchboards and main transformers, as well as propulsion transformers and frequen-cy converters. The order also calls for the installation of six Azipod CZ units, conferring superior vessel energy ef ciency and maneuverability. In addition, based on the System 800xA Extended Automation platform, the ABB automation package provided will be based on its System 800xA Extended Auto- mation platform. In the Yard Vard Logs $1.1B Order ABB to Power Vessels for Sevan O shore Accomodation Deal to build PLSVs for DOF, Technip September 201324 MTRMTR #7 (18-33).indd 24MTR #7 (18-33).indd 248/22/2013 10:11:48 AM8/22/2013 10:11:48 AM