VARD wins $200m OW vessel contract for Japan’s Toyo

By: Mark Casey 11/12/2023 VARD

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VARD 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. The value of the contract is more than $200m.

The tailor-made vessel is 150m long and a beam of 28m with cable carrying capacity of 9000 tons. In addition to being used as a self-propelled cable-laying vessel, the vessel has a high-performance crane and a large deck area, making it suitable for multi-purpose applications such as ground-based foundation work, floating offshore wind mooring work, and marine resource-related projects.

The vessel will also have a 4-point mooring system and helideck installed. The hybrid power cable lay, and construction vessel will be of VARD 9 15 design, a design especially developed for the need of the customer to cater for the growing Japanese offshore windfarm market, as well as to operate worldwide. It will have an optimal hull design to suit the natural and construction conditions in Japan, allowing it to be used in both shallow waters and deep waters for floating offshore wind power generation and DC power transmission projects. She will be able to carry out construction work at a high rate of operation in a wide range of ocean areas.

The vessel is prepared for Inter-array, HVAC export and interconnector cable lay as well as cable burial operation and construction work.

“We are happy to present this vessel to Toyo. The cable layer is a modern and complex vessel of high standards built according to Japanese regulations primarily for the Japanese offshore windfarm and international market, making it a unique opportunity for both Toyo and VARD to be established as a key player in the Japanese windfarm market.” – Torgeir Haugan, SVP Sales & Marketing in VARD.

Toyo Construction's president, Haruhisa Obayashi, said he is excited about VARD's technical capabilities. - We are very pleased to place an order with VARD to build a self-propelled cable-laying vessel, which will be Toyo Construction's largest work vessel. We expect that VARD's world-class design and engineering capabilities will enable the vessel to play an important role in the construction of offshore wind power generation facilities in Japan.

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