Windward Offshore CSOVs

Windward Offshore ups its Vard CSOV order to four ships

Windward Offshore has exercised an option under a contract placed with Fincantieri’s Norwegian-based Vard subsidiary in October last year and has added two additional hybrid commissioning service operation vessels (CSOV) to the

Edda Wind has got green term loan financing for four new CSOVs at Vard

Edda Wind lines up green term loan for CSOV quartet

Haugesund, Norway, headquartered Edda Wind ASA reports that it has secured green term loan financing for the four newbuild commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) that it ordered at Fincantieri’s Norwegian-based subsidiary Vard

mystery buyer signs contract for cable layer

Mystery buyer orders cable layer at Vard

With offshore wind farm development creating the need to lay a lot of cable, demand for cable layers can only be expected to grow. One beneficiary of this is Fincantieri’s Norwegian subsidiary

Toyo Construction cable layer

Vard wins $200 million Toyo Construction cable layer contract

Fincantieri reports that its Norwegian subsidiary Vard has signed a contract worth more than $200 million to design and construct a hybrid-powered cable-laying and construction vessel for Japan’s Toyo Construction. The hull

Windward Offshore CSOVs

New Windward Offshore consortium orders 2+2 CSOVs

Windward Offshore has placed an order for two hybrid, green methanol ready, commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) with Fincantieri’s Norwegian-headquartered Vard subsidiary that includes an option for two additional vessels. The first

Midi-SOV

Could Midi-SOV be an offshore wind game changer?

Southampton, U.K., based Chartwell Marine has partnered with Fincantieri’s Norwegian headquartered Vard subsidiary to introduce the Midi-SOV. The 55-meter offshore wind service vessel combines the two companies’ expertise in crew transfer vessels

Key Canadian shipyards are staying busy with new orders and repairs, while naval architects help take these projects to the next level. 

Canadian shipbuilding sees productive year 

Key Canadian shipyards are staying busy with new orders and repairs, while naval architects help take these projects to the next level.   The Royal Canadian Navy is at the center of shipbuilding news in

Gray vessel with Seaonics rane and gangway

Purus Wind CSOVs will have Seaonics gangway and crane packages

Ålesund, Norway, headquartered Seaonics has received an order to supply all-electric ECMC (electric-controlled, motion compensated) gangway and crane packages for the two new methanol-ready battery hybrid commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs)  on

Brunvoll equipped CSOVs

Purus Wind CSOVs will feature Brunvoll propulsion packages

The methanol-ready battery hybrid commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) recently ordered at Vard by U.K. based Purus Wind will have Brunvoll propulsion and maneuvering packages. Each will be outfitted with two azimuth

Concept drawing of zero-emission cruise ship

VIDEO: Hurtigruten unveils plans for zero-emission cruise ship

Hurtigruten Norway used this week’s Nor Shipping event to unveiled early concept plans for its first zero-emission cruise ship. Initially announced in March 2022, under the project name Sea Zero, Hurtigruten has

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