Vard of Norway has secured a new contract for the design and construction of a stern trawler for Nergård Havfiske, the fishing arm of the Nergård group in Norway, with a contract value in excess of NOK 500m.
The vessels will be built to Vard’s 8 02 trawler design, which has been continuously developed to meet the latest demands for fish health management, efficiency, and environmentally friendly operations. With a high focus on quality of catch, safety of crew, and sustainable operations, the vessel is considered to offer the most efficient technology to bring the catch ashore with minimum environmental footprint.
The vessel has been developed by VARD in close cooperation with the customer Nergård Havfiske, with a common objective to create an advanced trawler with all latest available technology on board.
Tommy Torvanger, Chairman Nergård Havfiske, said: “The focus on maintaining local activities in the Maritime cluster and supporting the Norwegian shipbuilding industry has been one of our ambitions when returning to Vard for the third time around to build a highly advanced trawler. These vessels and our close collaboration with Vard and all vendors involved demonstrate the strengths in local dedication and Norwegian shipbuilding traditions.”
The new vessel will be the third advanced trawler designed and built by Vard for Nergård Havfiske in under four years. The first, Senja is in operation, and the second is under construction at Vard Brattvaag, now in the final outfitting stage. The newly-contracted vessel is based on the same design and will be equipped with similar technology, equipment, and solutions.
The new vessel will have a length of 80m and a beam of 17m. The design is by Vard Design in Ålesund, Norway, with the hull to be built at Vard Braila in Romania, for completion at Vard Brattvaag in Norway, with scheduled delivery in Q4 2023.
Fredrik Mordal Hessen, GM Vard Offshore and Specialised business, said: “We highly value the strong relationship we have established with our customer Nergård and their team. This cooperation has resulted in the design and building of three trawlers for delivery from our yard in Norway. These projects are of great importance for Vard and create positive local spin-off effects for many partners and suppliers in the maritime industry. We are looking forward to building the third trawler for Nergård.”
Vard Electro will deliver a complete SeaQ package, encompassing advanced intuitive bridge, power, and automation solutions. The SeaQ Integrated Bridge integrates the maritime systems, focusing on optimizsation of the operator workstation allowing storing of own preferred setup, reducing workload, and simplifying operation and safety. Supporting Nergård’s focus on sustainability, the SeaQ package will include SeaQ Micro Grid, SeaQ Energy Storage System, SeaQ Power Management System, SeaQ Integrated Automation System, and SeaQ Green Pilot. With these combined, the vessel operator is given a full performance overview and can manage operations for power optimisation and reduced emissions. Seaonics cranes and winches have high dynamic performance, during shooting or paying out wire all winches regenerate power back to the SeaQ Energy Storage System to reduce power consumption.
