Vard Marine will design an Antarctic icebreaking vessel for the Chilean Navy.

Operating all through the Southern Ocean, the 125-meter lengthy ship will present providers together with logistic assist, search and rescue missions, scientific analysis, and resupplying bases within the Chilean Antarctic Territory.

Vard Marine was awarded a €4 million contract by ASMAR Shipbuilding & Ship Repair to offer the fundamental design of an icebreaking vessel, which is able to carry helicopters and rescue boats for logistics/SAR missions in addition to to carry out a broad vary of scientific knowledge gathering actions.

With an put in energy of 14.5 MW, the brand new vessel shall be able to breaking one meter of ice at two knots.

The ship, to be constructed at ASMAR shipyard in Talcahuano, Chile, shall be delivered in 2021.

Vard Marine, a consulting naval structure and marine engineering firm, is a subsidiary of Vard Holdings.