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Ocean Infinity commissions Vard (Fincantieri) six other remote control ships
They will be 85 meters long and, built in Vietnam, will be delivered in 2025
February 24, 2022
The shipbuilding company Vard of the Italian navalmechanical group Fincantieri will build six more robotic ships for the American Ocean Infinity, whose fleet of remote controlled offshore vessels "Armada" will expand so to 23 ships. becoming by far the largest in the world. The six units, 85 meters long, will be built at the Vard Vung Tau shipyard in Vietnam that will deliver them in 2025. They will be ground-operated ships that will be able to use the green ammonia as fuel.
"Under Armada, Surface Technology Chief Executive Officer of Ocean Infinity, Richard Daltry, will play a great role in enabling the world's maritime community to reduce its carbon emissions generated by maritime activities," the company said in a statement. These new 85-meter ships will be optimized for inspection, maintenance and repair activities and lightweight construction work to offer the offshore energy market remote control services and very low carbon emissions. "
The six new ships will join the current Armada fleet that is built by nine long ships from 21 to 36 meters plus eight 78-meter ships commissioned at the same Vard that are already in production ( of the November 23 2020) : recently in the Vietnamese shipyard Vard Vung was in fact cut off the first sheet of the fifth unit.
" This new contract, which confirms the confidence of the owner, already a client of Vard, in the Fincantieri group-has commented on the Italian navalmechanics company-facilitates the next phase of joint development between the companies, which is based on the technologies of management of Vard's on-board and automation platforms, joined to the integration capability of systems and infrastructure for the remote operations of Ocean Infinity ".
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The shipbuilding company Vard of the Italian navalmechanical group Fincantieri will build six more robotic ships for the American Ocean Infinity, whose fleet of remote controlled offshore vessels "Armada" will expand so to 23 ships. becoming by far the largest in the world. The six units, 85 meters long, will be built at the Vard Vung Tau shipyard in Vietnam that will deliver them in 2025. They will be ground-operated ships that will be able to use the green ammonia as fuel. 
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