Vard Langsten

About

The yard's portfolio includes final outfitting and commissioning on hulls primarily built at our shipyards in Romania, as well as ship repair and conversions. Vard Langsten was established in 1945 and has been part of VARD since 2004.

Vard Langsten is synonymous with high quality and is known for its expertise in addressing different types of complex shipbuilding projects over its 75-year history. The scope of ships it has successfully delivered include OSVs, fishing vessels, expedition cruise vessels, coast guard vessels, specialized vessels, ferries, and car carriers.

Highlights

Modern shipbuilding and repair facilities with good logistics.
Compact shipyard with short walking distances between quay side, workshops, and warehouse.
Good crane capacity along the whole quay side.
Flexible cost base with adjustable manning capacity.
Sea hall enables shipbuilding to progress independent of weather. Entrance to the vessel from four levels simplifies logistics. Two cranes carry out pair lifting up to 200 tons.
Floating dock with capacity for vessels up to 5 500 tons.
Large warehouse areas and automated warehouse management.
600-meter quay with depth of 9.5 meters.

Yard Capacities

Certification

ISO 9001:2015
ISPS port

General information

Number of employees: 200
Established: 1945
Total yard area: 45 800 m²
Vard Langsten have approx. 200 permanent employees. Manning capacity is adjusted pending on workload by utilizing subcontractors.
Offices for production supervisors and managers.

Quay

Total length/depth south quay: 198 m/10 m

Total length/depth north quay: 100 m/7 m

Halls

Outfitting Hall
Capacity: 3 600 m²
Crane : 2 x 30/5 t + 1 x 30 / 10 t + 1 x 5
Seahall
Length: 100 m | Breadth: 42 m | Height 32 m
Crane capacity inside the seahall: pairlift 200 t
Painting/sandblasting hall
440 m²

Floating dock

Length: 100 m | Breadth: 23 m | Lifting capacity approx. 5500 t | Draught approx. 8 m

The floating dock can be used inside the Sea hall.

Cranes

Crane capacities: 4 x 60 t/6.5 t

Total lifting capacity approx.: 100 t

Power

230 V / 250 A

400 v / 400 A

690 V / 1200 A

440 V / 60 hz / 400 A

Shore power system:
440 V 60 Hz-2100A

690 V 60 HZ-1340A

Workshops

Piping workshop
Capacity: 3 600 m²
Crane capacity: 3 x 2 t
Carpentry workshop
500 m²
Mechanical workshop
Capacity: 500 m²
Crane capacities: 1 x 8 t + 1 x 2 t
Equipped with lathes, cutting machine and drill press

Underwater drone

1000 ft. depth rating
Mobile quick launching
High resolution images and videos
Quick report handling

Lodging facilities

Good canteen and wardrobe capacity
Rigg area with 600 single rooms with en-suite bathroom
Vestnes Fjordhotell is just a quick drive from the shipyard. Click here to visit the hotel's website.