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  • Port of Tyne Initiates ‘Major Environmental Clean-Up Operation’ After Wind Orca Allision Damages Crane, Leaves One Injured

    27 July 2026
    Environment, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Port of Tyne has launched what it says is a major recovery and clean-up operation after Cadeler’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Wind Orca allided with another vessel and a shoreside crane at the port, leaving one person injured. “The crane operator was injured and has been taken to hospital where he is reported to […]

  • Cadeler Mobilises Wind Ally, Wind Orca for Hornsea 3 Foundation Installation

    29 April 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Cadeler has completed mobilisation of its vessels Wind Ally and Wind Orca for foundation transport and installation work at the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm. The company said on 29 April that the recently delivered Wind Ally completed mobilisation in the Port of Rotterdam and has arrived at Teesworks, where loading of monopiles has begun. […]

  • Foundation Installation Coming Up at Hornsea 3

    30 March 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The installation of wind turbine foundations at Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK is scheduled to start in April, with Cadeler’s vessels Wind Ally and Wind Orca, and the service operation vessel (SOV) Esvagt Froude set to mobilise for the work from Dutch and UK ports. Wind Ally will mobilise for the […]

  • Cadeler’s Newly Bought Vessel Revamped and Ready for He Dreiht Offshore Wind Farm

    20 February 2026
    Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The newbuild vessel that Cadeler acquired from Shanghai Boqiang Heavy Industry Group last year is ready to start supporting wind turbine installation at EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany, after having completed a technical and visual upgrade.  The Danish vessel owner announced in May 2025 that it was acquiring the newly constructed jack-up, originally […]

  • First Monopile Installed at Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm

    14 May 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The first of 197 monopiles has been installed at the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm site, some 120 kilometres off the coast of Norfolk, UK. “A team of more than 200 experts from Ørsted and its contractors, Cadeler and Menck, are working closely together to ensure the safe installation of all 197 monopiles within the […]

  • He Dreiht Wind Turbine Installation to Be Completed ‘Shortly’, EnBW Says

    11 August 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    EnBW expects to soon complete the installation of all wind turbines at the 960 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm, according to information the company provided in its half-year results. As reported in July, a section of a damaged rotor blade from one of the wind turbines at He Dreiht offshore wind farm was recovered […]

  • All Turbines Installed at He Dreiht Offshore Wind Farm

    12 August 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All wind turbines have now been installed at EnBW’s 960 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, marking the completion of the project’s turbine installation campaign. The first of the 64 Vestas V236-15.0 MW wind turbines was installed by Cadeler’s installation vessel Wind Orca in April 2025. Commissioning started in November […]

  • German Federal Police Recovers Broken Off He Dreiht Wind Turbine Blade

    28 July 2026
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    German Federal Police has recovered a detached wind turbine rotor blade that was drifting in the North Sea between the operational Hohe See offshore wind farm and the He Dreiht project, which is currently under construction. According to the Federal Police Inspectorate in Cuxhaven, authorities were notified on 24 July about a broken rotor blade […]

  • Half of Turbines Up at EnBW’s He Dreiht Offshore Wind Farm

    22 January 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Wind turbine installation at EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany has reached the halfway mark with 32 of the total of 64 Vestas 15 MW turbines now in place, the developer said on 22 January. Cadeler’s installation vessel Wind Orca installed the first V236-15.0 MW wind turbine at the He Dreiht site in the North […]

  • Trump Administration’s Stop-Work Order Hits US Offshore Wind Turbine Manufacturer’s Earnings

    30 January 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    The US government’s offshore wind construction pause left a dent in GE Vernova’s numbers for the fourth quarter of 2025, which might get deeper if wind turbine works at the Vineyard Wind 1 site offshore Massachusetts are not completed according to the project’s current schedule. The US wind turbine manufacturer said on 28 January that […]

  • First Power Flows from EnBW’s 960 MW He Dreiht Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

    26 November 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first turbine at EnBW’s 960 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm has generated the first kilowatt-hour of electricity and fed it into the German grid. Further Vestas 15 MW wind turbines will gradually follow suit over the coming weeks, according to EnBW. So far, the developer has installed 27 out of a total of […]

  • Ten Most Read News on offshoreWIND.biz in 2025

    1 January 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Foundations, Grid Connection, Industry, Infrastructure, Jobs & Recruitment, Manufacturing, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics, Project Updates, R&D, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    OffshoreWIND.biz has millions of views per year and hundreds of thousands per month. In 2025, some stories received significantly bigger attention than others, and in this overview, we are bringing the ten most popular news in the now-past year. In August, only days after Ørsted reported that Revolution Wind was at 80 per cent of […]

  • Ørsted Picks Marshalling Port for Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm

    26 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Ports & Logistics, Supply Chain

    Ørsted has chosen the Port of Tyne’s Tyne Clean Energy Park in South Shields as the marshalling base for its 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. The Denmark-headquartered Cadeler will use the 100,000-square-metre site to marshal secondary steel components for the offshore wind farm before each unit is loaded onto the […]

  • Wind Orca to Sport KenzFigee Deck Crane

    2 February 2021
    Vessels

    Cadeler, formerly known as Swire Blue Ocean (SBO), has awarded KenzFigee with a contract to replace the current offshore deck crane on wind farm installation vessel (WFIV) Wind Orca. KenzFigee will deliver the box boom type, electric hydraulic-driven Ram Luffing crane with a lifting capacity of 25 tons (SWL) in late 2021. After testing and […]

  • Wind Orca Getting New Crane from NOV

    18 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Cadeler, formerly known as Swire Blue Ocean (SBO), has contracted NOV to replace the crane on its jack-up vessel Wind Orca. The contract also includes the option for NOV to replace the crane on the jack-up vessel Wind Osprey. Replacement of the crane on Wind Orca is expected to begin in October 2023, with completion […]

  • Cadeler to Upgrade Crane Gear on One More Vessel

    17 June 2021
    Vessels

    Following the replacement of the main crane on its jack-up vessel Wind Orca, Cadeler has decided to do the same on Wind Osprey, which is currently installing wind turbines on the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK. The company contracted NOV to upgrade Wind Orca with a new and improved crane in December […]

  • Wind Orca on Moray East Duty

    1 February 2023
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Cadeler’s jack-up vessel Wind Orca is scheduled to start work on the Moray East offshore wind farm today, 1 February, when major component inspection and repair activities are set to begin on several wind turbines. The work is planned to be done on four potential wind turbines that might need repair and will be taking […]

  • New NOV Crane for Cadeler’s Wind Osprey

    3 August 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Houston-headquartered NOV has been contracted by Cadeler to upgrade the wind turbine installation vessel Wind Osprey with a new, large capacity leg crane. Last year, NOV was selected to manufacture the new heavy-lift crane for Cadeler’s Wind Orca. Within that contract, Cadeler had an option to replace the main crane of the Wind Osprey. The […]

  • Cadeler Taps Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam for Wind Orca Upgrade

    25 March 2021
    Vessels

    Cadeler has contracted Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam for the engineering works supporting the upgrade of the wind farm installation vessel Wind Orca. As previously reported, Cadeler has signed a contract to install a new crane on Wind Orca and retain the option for delivery of a crane on Wind Osprey. The vessel will be upgraded with […]

  • Wind Turbine Installation at Moray West to Start in April

    19 March 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The installation of Siemens Gamesa’s 14 MW wind turbines at the Moray West offshore wind farm site in Scotland is scheduled to start in April. The vessel chartered to install the turbines, Cadeler’s Wind Orca, has just arrived in Esbjerg, Denmark, to mobilise for the project after completing a crane upgrade in the Netherlands. In […]

  • Busy Jack-Up Duo Brings Cadeler 253 Per Cent More in H1 Revenue

    24 August 2021
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Cadeler’s wind farm installation vessels Wind Orca and Wind Osprey have achieved 87 per cent utilisation, and at competitive market rates, in the first half of this year, bringing the company a 253 per cent increase in revenue compared to the same period in 2020. Last year, Cadeler reported a EUR 9 million revenue for […]

  • Cadeler Invests in Høglund’s Tech to Greenify Its Offshore Wind Vessels

    1 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Vessels

    Danish wind farm installation vessel owner and operator Cadeler A/S has invested in Høglund Ship Performance Monitor (SPM) which could reduce fuel consumption and improve the environmental footprint of their two offshore wind vessels, Wind Osprey and Wind Orca. “The Høglund SPM system will give us detailed insight on the efficiency of our engines. We are constantly […]

  • Semco Maritime to Revamp Cadeler’s Two O-Class Jack-Ups

    23 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Denmark-headquartered Cadeler has awarded its compatriot Semco Maritime a contract for vessel modifications to upgrade the main crane capacity on Cadeler’s two O-class wind farm installation vessels (WFIV). Semco Maritime has previously fitted new and extended crane booms on the two WFIVs, Wind Orca and Wind Osprey. The scope of work comprises planning and supplier […]

  • Cadeler Lining Up Another Long-Term Vessel Contract

    21 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Cadeler has signed a Letter of Intent with an undisclosed party described by the Danish wind farm installation vessel owner and operator as ”a blue chip client in the industry” to explore the possibility of long-term use of one of Cadeler’s two O-class vessels. The LoI covers offshore wind farm assignments taking place in the […]

  • Offshore Construction Progresses at 1.4 GW Hornsea Two Offshore Wind Farm

    21 April 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Well over a third out of the 165 monopile foundations have been installed at the 1,386 MW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm located some 89 kilometres north-east of Grimsby, the U.K. The monopile foundations are being loaded at and transported from the Buss Terminal Eemshaven in the Netherlands and installed at the site by DEME […]

  • Cadeler Fills Up Offshore Wind Orderbook

    27 January 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Danish wind farm installation vessel owner and operator Cadeler A/S has secured a contract with Vestas, and a reservation agreement with an undisclosed client. The contract with Vestas is said to have strengthened Cadeler’s order backlog and ensured optimal utilization of the company’s O-class vessels, Wind Osprey and Wind Orca, up until the planned vessel […]