ABS Grants AIP for First Jones ACT SOV

ABS granted the first Approval in Principle (AIP) to VARD for its design of a Jones Act service operations vessel (SOV).

The AIP, which was awarded at the International Work Boat Show, addresses a customized version of VARD 4 07 US SOV design, with primary functions including accommodation, transferring technicians to installations as well as storing spare parts and tools for operations in US offshore wind farms. 

According to Vard, the vessel is designed to be…