| Ponant/Vard contract

SHIPBUILDER Vard has
confirmed contracts for the
construction of four new vessels
for Ponant have been finalised
and become effective.
The ice-class expedition ships
will be approx 10,000 tonnes,
about 131m long and 18m wide.
Hulls will be built at Vard
Tulcea in Romania, with delivery
scheduled from Vard Søviknes in
Norway in 2018-19.
Developed by Vard, Ponant
and Vard’s parent company,
Fincantieri, the new ships will be
based on a four vessels delivered
by Fincantieri to Ponant between
2010 and 2015.