• Vard 3 32 Walk to work vessels

    International customer contracts VARD for five Walk-to-work vessels

    We are pleased to announce that we have signed a contract for the design and construction of five Walk-to-work vessels with an international customer.

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    VARD’s cutting edge vessel for Norwind Offshore named Norwind Helm

    VARD is proud to present the CSOV (Commissioning Service Operation Vessel) Norwind Helm to Norwind Offshore. The vessel was named in Ålesund 15 November. Godmother was Esther Volstad.

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  • Seazero

    The SeaZero project design with important step forward

    Hurtigruten and VARD have revealed the design of their second version of the future coastal cruising ship. With the help of large batteries, sails, and other innovative solutions, this ship will be able to sail entirely emission-free during normal operation along the Norwegian coast. Energy consumption could be reduced by 40-50 percent.


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Accelerating the transition to clean oceans

We are craftspeople from many disciplines – builders, designers, software developers, outfitters, engineers and more. We share the same goal. By fine tuning all the parts and processes we work to create vessels of exceptional quality and performance.

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Shipbuilding, the corner stone of VARD

Together with our customers and partners, we utilize our innovation power to meet the world’s changing needs with modern shipbuilding facilities, new vessels, products and services.

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Full-service designer of specialized vessels

VARD has designed and built highly specialized and advanced vessels for decades. Our competence center of specialists pushes the boundaries of functionality and technical solutions of our ship designs. We find sustainable solutions to improve the cost efficiency of a ship and its operations that reduces emissions, without compromising on the comfort and safety for the crew on board.

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Products and services. We simplify the shipbuilding process for our customers.

With more than four decades of shipbuilding competence, we simplify the shipbuilding process for our customers.