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MacGregor has received a large order for cranes to be installed onboard a state-of-the-art cable layer due delivery from global shipbuilder VARD

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received a large order for three cranes that will be installed onboard a state-of-the-art cable layer due delivery from global shipbuilder VARD. The contract has been booked into Cargotec's first quarter 2024 order …
Mar 29, 2024 / Curious

VARD appointed to design and build first SOV for Cyan Renewables

VARD has signed a contract for the design and construction of a tailormade state-of-the-art hybrid power Service Operation Vessel (SOV) for the Taiwanese company Cyan Renewables. Cyan Renewables is Asia’s first dedicated offshore wind vessel owner. …
Feb 15, 2024 / Curious

Brunvoll to supply propulsion and manoeuvring packages for a total of four CSOVs for Windward and Vard

Brunvoll will now supply propulsion and maneuvering packages for a total of four CSOVs for Windward and Vard. The initial order placed back in November was for two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs). Windward and VARD have now declared …
Feb 9, 2024 / Curious

Diana Shipping Announces Expansion of Previously Announced Joint Venture for Offshore Wind Service Vessels

Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels, today announced that its previously announced joint venture (Windward Offshore) with Blue Star Group GmbH & Cie. …
Jan 23, 2024 / Curious

VARD secures contract for one Cable Laying Vessel for Prysmian Group

VARD has secured a new contract for the design and construction of another Cable Laying Vessel for Prysmian Group in Italy. The contract value amounts to approximately euro 230 million. This is the third cable-laying vessel the Prysmian Group has …
Dec 21, 2023 / Vessels

Toyo Construction contracts VARD for one hybrid cable lay and construction vessel

“We are pleased to announce that we have signed a contract for the design and construction of a highly customized state-of-the-art hybrid power cable lay and construction vessel for the leading Japanese construction company Toyo Construction …
Dec 11, 2023 / Curious

VARD has signed a contract for two hybrid Commissioning Service Operation Vessels

VARD and Windward Offshore, a consortium, currently under establishment and led by ASSC´s offshore arm SeaRenergy Group in Germany are pleased to announce that they have signed a contract for the design and construction for two hybrid Commissioning …
Oct 27, 2023 / Curious

Hybrid Propulsion Package for Cable-Laying Vessel Features 4 × MAN 175D GenSets

High-speed engine with small environmental footprint increasingly engine of choice in offshore windfarm segment VARD, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialised vessels, has ordered 4 × MAN 12V175D-MEM GenSets in connection …
Oct 17, 2023 / Curious

Vard Marine, Heddle Shipyards, and American Bureau of Shipping Canada, announce a new initiative in support of the Vigilance next generation offshore patrol vessel

Vard Marine Inc (VARD), a Fincantieri company, proudly launched the Vigilance Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) at CANSEC 2023 in conjunction with Team Vigilance partner companies Heddle Shipyards, Thales Canada, SH Defense, and Fincantieri S.p.A. This …
Oct 6, 2023 / Curious

Chartwell Marine and VARD join forces to deliver original ‘Midi-SOV’ design for offshore wind

Chartwell Marine, trusted UK pioneer of next-generation vessel design, announces its partnership with one of the world’s leading designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels VARD to introduce the Midi-SOV: a revolutionary 55-metre offshore wind …
Oct 3, 2023 / Curious