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Mon 7 Sep 2026, 06:55 GMT | Updated: Mon 7 Sep 2026, 06:58 GMT | Bunker Index Staff

VARD delivers final CSOV to Windward Offshore, completing series


Methanol-ready Windward Hamburg joins the fleet as VARD completes delivery of four purpose-built CSOVs.

Windward Hamburg vessel.
Windward Hamburg is the fourth and final CSOV delivered by VARD to Windward Offshore; the series features battery-hybrid propulsion and methanol-ready design. Pictured: Windward Hamburg, a commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV). Image credit: VARD

Norwegian shipbuilder VARD has delivered Windward Hamburg to Windward Offshore from its Vard Vung Tau facility in Vietnam, completing a series of four commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) built for the offshore wind operator.

The delivery brings together the full quartet of vessels — Windward Athens, Windward Paris, Windward Munich and Windward Hamburg — all of which are now part of the Windward Offshore fleet. The four vessels are based on VARD's VARD 4 19 design and were built, according to VARD, to support offshore wind projects.

Windward Hamburg measures 87.5 metres in length and 19.5 metres in beam, with accommodation for up to 120 persons. VARD states that the vessel has been prepared for future operation on green methanol and equipped with a motion-compensated gangway featuring an integrated elevator, an electric motion-compensated crane, a height-adjustable boat-landing system and battery-hybrid propulsion.

VARD is part of the Fincantieri Group, Italy’s largest shipbuilding group.


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