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In the Shipyard

Latest Deliveries, Contracts and Designs

Vard Inks $450M to Build Cable Layers

ARD won a $252m contract for the design and con- struction of a third cable laying vessel for Italy’s

Prysmian Group: Monna Lisa is still under construc-

V tion; Leonardo da Vinci was delivered in 2021.

The new ship is the VARD 9 18 design, measuring 185 x 34m and equipped with advanced cable installation solutions, featuring three cable carousels for a total capacity of 19,000

Image courtesy VARD tons. A bollard pull in excess of 180 tons will allow the vessel to perform complex installation operations of simultaneous offshore wind farm market and will also be able to operate cable lay and burial (up to 4 cables) with a variety of ploughs. worldwide. It will have an optimal hull design to suit natural

The vessel will be equipped with a DP3 positioning and sea- and construction conditions in Japan, allowing it to be used in keeping systems and will be operational by beginning of 2027. both shallow and deep water for power generation in ? oating

The vessel is designed by Vard Design in Ålesund, Norway. offshore wind farms and for direct current power transmission

The hull will be built at Vard Shipyards Romania in Tulcea, projects. It will also be able to carry out construction work at while the ? nal out? tting, commissioning and delivery will be a high operational rate in a wide range of ocean areas.

carried out by one of VARD’s shipyards in Norway. The third The ship will measure 150 x 28m, with a cable transport ca- cable layer is scheduled for delivery in Q4 2026. pacity of 9000 tons. It will be equipped with a high-performance

The second cable layer contract signed by VARD is for crane and a large deck, making it suitable for a wide range of $200m to design and build a customized hybrid cable-laying activities, including mooring work related to ? oating offshore vessel for Japan's Toyo Construction. wind farms and marine resources projects. The vessel will also

The hybrid cable vessel will have a design speci? cally have a 4-point mooring system and a helipad. The vessel will be developed for custom needs to meet the growing Japanese built in Vard shipyards and will be delivered in Q2 2026.

Austal USA Wins USN EMS Contract

CO2 Tanker Ordered

Bernhard Schulte ordered its ? rst CO2 tanker, a newbuild to be built in China at Dalian Shipbuilding Offshore (DSOC).

Planned for delivery in 2026, the ship will have a capacity of 7,500 cu. m. liquid CO2 in a pair of cylindrical cargo tanks at a maximum 19 bar(g) pressure and minimum -35°C temperature, and is committed to a long-term time charter agreement with

Northern Lights. The newbuilding ordered now is the ? rst ship of this type for the Bernhard Schulte ? eet and the fourth CO2 carrier for Northern Lights. The joint venture, owned by Shell,

Image courtesy Austal USA

TotalEnergies and Equinor, has already ordered three vessels, ustal USA received an $867.6m contract award two already under construction at DSOC and another ordered in (UCA) for ? nal design and construction of three September 2023. Northern Lights is developing a ship-based

A Expeditionary Medical Ships (EMS) from the U.S. CO2 transport solution and has implemented innovative tech-

Navy. The EMS will be manufactured in Austal USA’s alu- nologies in the ship design to reduce the CO2 emissions from minum manufacturing line following completion of the last shipping. The primary fuel for the ships will be LNG.

Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF 16). The Expeditionary

Medical Ship (EMS), an Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) variant, is a dedicated medical ship optimized to provide patient holding, stabilization, evacuation and transport in support of

Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO). The EMS design fea- tures a shallow draft which enables greater reach and allows for direct access to austere ports. The ? ight deck will accommodate military aircraft, including the V-22 and H-53K.

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