- VARD has been awarded AiP by Lloyd’s Register for the methanol fueling system on two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels.
- The VARD 422 vessels, tailor-made for North Star, are the first methanol-ready designs in VARD’s portfolio and mark a significant leap forward for alternative fuels in offshore wind operations.
Norwegian shipbuilder Vard, part of Fincantieri Group, has secured Lloyd’s Register’s Approval in Principle (AiP) of the methanol fueling system for two offshore wind Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) being built for North Star.
With the AiP, the two ships will be amongst the first prepared for conversion to green fuels in the wind market.
Among the first
The CSOVs are of VARD 422 design and are tailor-made for the UK’s infrastructure support vessel operator North Star, with new methanol ready hybrid-propulsion solutions.
VARD 422 is Vard’s first methanol ready project, and since the contract was signed between North Star and Vard in May 2023, the two companies have collaborated with Lloyds Register to gain the approval for methanol as fuel for the vessels.
The approval has been through two levels of risk analysis and adjustment of the design to enable the future use of methanol as a fuel.
The ships have a high degree of preparation for the conversion and can be transitioned to methanol in line with the engine manufacturers scheduled release of the conversion kit.
CSOVs have the length of approximately 95 meters and a beam of about 19.5 meters, and can accommodate 111 persons on board.
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Source: Vard
