Offshore staff
ÅLESUND, Norway — Japan’s Toyo Construction has awarded Vard a $200 million-plus contract to design and build a hybrid power cable lay and construction vessel.
The VARD 9 15 design vessel will be customized to suit the needs of the developing offshore wind sector in Japan but also to operate internationally. Its hull will be optimized for use in shallow and deep waters for floating offshore wind and DC power transmission projects.
It will be equipped for inter-array, HVAC export and interconnector cable laying and cable burial operations.
The 150-m-long vessel will have a beam of 28 m and a cable-carrying capacity of 9,000 t, with a crane and large deck area suited to applications such as ground-based foundation work, floating offshore wind mooring, and marine resource-related projects.
It will have a four-point mooring system and helideck with technologies to reduce its carbon footprint during operations and port mooring. Its large battery pack, shore supply connection and energy management system should help limit CO2, NOx, and SOx emissions, Vard added.
12.12.2023
