![VARD 9 03 | Overall length: Approx. 100 m | Beam: 18.8 m | Designed by Vard Design in Norway Design illustration of VARD 9 03 Cable repair vessel for Orange Marine 2021](/images/stories/News/News2021/Design_illustration_of_VARD_9_03_Cable_repair_vessel_for_Orange_Marine_-_2021.jpg)
Orange Marine has for the second time chosen Vard as their preferred vessel design when adding a cable repair vessel of Vard 9 03 design to their fleet. The vessel will be built by Colombo Dockyard (Sri Lanka). The Vard 9 03 design for Orange Marine is specially designed for the maintenance of submarine cables, both fibre-optic telecommunication cables and inter-array power cables used in offshore wind farms.