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The Coral Geographer expedition cruise vessel was christened on 30 March 2021. Credit: Coral Expeditions. The expedition ship features 1,000m² of open deck space including a promenade deck with panoramic views. Credit: Coral Expeditions. Coral Geographer is a new expedition cruise ship operated by Australian cruise line Coral Expeditions. The company’s fifth ship, Coral Geographer is designed to undertake tropical expedition cruising and to access remote wilderness shores that are not easily accessible by large cruise vessels. The new expedition vessel is the sister ship to Coral Adventure...

Credit: VARD 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...

VARD to Build North Star's Dogger Bank SOV Fleet in Vietnam Posted 06/04/2021 12:31 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 jo...

Share this article Press Release – VARD, one of the world’s major designers and builders of specialized vessels, is pleased to announce the successful handover of a second Expedition Cruise Vessel, Coral Geographer, to Coral Expeditions of Australia. Following successful delivery of the sister ship Coral Adventurer in 2019, Australia-based Coral Expeditions ordered a second VARD 6 01 Expedition Cruise Vessel as part of its fleet expansion. The brand-new Coral Geographer is now ready to sail on new adventures after arriving from Vard Vung Tau, VARD’s shipyard in Vietnam. Her first maiden...