Vard Langsten
Vard Langsten is located in Tomrefjord, a community in Vestnes municipality in Møre & Romsdal county on the west coast of Norway.
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.
