Vard, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels, is pleased to announce that it has secured a new contract for the design and construction of one stern trawler for Nergård Havfiske, the fishing arm of the Nergård group in Norway. The contract value is in excess of NOK 500 million.

The Vard 8 02 trawler design is a well-proven design that Vard has 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 has 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.

RETURNING TO VARD FOR THE THIRD TIME 
Tommy Torvanger, Chairman in Nergård Havfiske says: “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 highly advanced trawler designed and built by Vard for Nergård Havfiske in under four years. Nergård Havfiske has currently the first stern trawler “Senja” in operation, and the second vessel is under construction at Vard Brattvaag. This newbuild is in the final outfitting stage and will be delivered to its owner within a few weeks and enter straight into operation. The new contracted vessel is based on the same ship design and will be equipped with similar technology, equipment, and solutions on board.

STRONG RELATIONSHIP 
Fredrik Mordal Hessen, General Manager for the Offshore and Specialized business area in Vard, says: “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.”

The new vessel will have a length of 80 meters and a beam of 17 meters, and will be equipped with Vard’s catch handling solution with a live fish tank to keep the fish in healthy conditions until processing, an advanced fish factory, high cargo capacity for refrigerated and frozen fish, as well as ensilage tanks for storing heads and guts to secure full utilization of biomass from the catch.

SUSTAINABLE SEAQ SOLUTIONS
Vard Electro will be delivering a complete SeaQ package, encompassing advanced, but highly intuitive bridge, power, and automation solutions. The SeaQ Integrated Bridge is a flexible and modern bridge solution that integrates the maritime systems easily and intuitively, focusing on optimization of the operator’s 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 easily manage their operations with the aim of power optimization for reduced emissions.

SEAONICS will deliver premium cranes and winches specially designed for safe and efficient deck handling in harsh conditions. The trawl winches have high dynamic performance enabling optimum conditions for the trawl in all conditions. During shooting or paying out wire all winches regenerate power back to the SeaQ Energy Storage System, hence will reduce the power consumption in operation.
 

• To be delivered from Vard in Norway in 2023
• The stern trawler of Vard 8 02 design is developed by Vard Design in Ålesund, Norway.
• Delivery of the vessel is scheduled from Vard Brattvaag in Norway in Q4 2023. 
• The hull will be built at Vard Braila in Romania.