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Norwegian shipbuilder VARD has won contracts to build three Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) for the UK-based North Star Renewables. The vessels, to be built in Vietnam, will operate on the Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the North Sea, the world s largest.
The shipbuilding contract announcement comes three weeks after North Star said it had won a deal worth around $375 million to supply SOVs for the giant wind farm off the UK. The 3.6 GW Dogger Bank wind farm is being built in three phases in the North Sea by joint venture partners SSE Renewables, Equinor, and Eni (Phases A & B).
The trio of ships will operate on the Dogger Bank wind farm in the North Sea.
The three SOVs are set for handover to North Star in 2023. They will be built at Vard’s Vard Vung Tau shipyard in Vietnam.
The SOVs were developed by Vard in cooperation with Aberdeen-based North Star, which has secured 10-year charter contracts for the trio from Dogger Bank Wind Farm in an international competition.
The charters include options for three one-year extensions.
North Star announced it had secured the £270m contract for three state-of-the-art service vessels from world’s largest offshore wind farm last month