VARD is happy to announce that it has been awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) of the methanol fueling system for two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs).
Vard 4 22 for North Star small
The AiP is awarded by Lloyd’s Register and applies for two of the vessels designed and under construction for North Star. With this 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 leading infrastructure support vessel operator, with new methanol ready hybrid-propulsion solutions.
VARD 4 22 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.
With this, the VARD 4 22 will be two of the first vessels in the wind market able to operate on green fuels.
