FREJA

Freja is a cable laying vessel built for Danish subsea installation company NCT Offshore, with the hull constructed at Vard Shipyards Tulcea in Romania and final outfitting, commissioning, and delivery carried out at Vard Langsten in Norway in December 2024. It is the second vessel Vard has delivered to NCT Offshore, ordered in early 2023 and brought to delivery in less than two years, reflecting a relatively compressed newbuild schedule. Technically, Freja is based on the VARD 9 01 design and measures about 95 metres in length with a beam of roughly 21.5 metres. The vessel is equipped with two cable carousels of 2,500 and 1,750 tonnes for a total cable capacity of around 4,500 tonnes, a DP2 station-keeping system, a hybrid propulsion arrangement including a 1,790 kWh battery pack, and single-cabin accommodation for up to 60 people, as well as provision for a large A-frame, ROV hangar, and a walk-to-work gangway. Its design targets inter-array cable installation as the primary role, with additional capability for cable repair, maintenance, and fibre-optic cable work on offshore wind projects globally, including operations at sites such as the Changhua Offshore Wind Farm off Taiwan.