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  • Offshore Wind CSOV Boosts Singaporean Company’s Revenue

    17 February 2026
    Business & Finance

    Marco Polo Marine has reported a 27 per cent higher revenue in the first quarter of its 2026 fiscal year, compared to the same period in 2025, driven by the Group’s ship chartering business unit, which saw a 53 per cent revenue increase that came primarily from its offshore wind commissioning service operations vessel (CSOV). […]

  • Quebec’s Power Utility Eyeing Link to Nova Scotia Offshore Wind Farms

    26 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection

    Hydro-Québec, the power utility owned by Canada’s Québec province, has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to assess options to connect to offshore wind farms in waters off Nova Scotia, which is now running the country’s first offshore wind tender. With the RFI, Hydro-Québec aims to gather information from developers on technological options, timelines and […]

  • Marco Polo Marine Lands 15-Year Offshore Wind Emergency Towage Charter in Taiwan

    19 March 2026
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Marco Polo Marine has secured a 15-year charter contract in Taiwan for the provision of emergency towage and salvage services within Taiwan’s territorial waters and the surrounding offshore wind farm areas. The contract was awarded by the Marine Port Bureau to the company’s subsidiary, PKR Offshore, under a procurement programme covering offshore wind farm emergency […]

  • 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 […]

  • Polish Developer Reserves Port Site for New Offshore Wind Project

    27 January 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Orlen Neptun has entered into a land reservation agreement with the Kołobrzeg Sea Port Authority for a site that will later house an operations and maintenance (O&M) base for its Baltic West offshore wind farm. The Kołobrzeg Sea Port is closest to the project location among all ports available in this part of the Baltic […]

  • Vestas, Korean Companies Team Up to Strengthen Offshore Wind O&M Capabilities

    23 March 2026
    Collaboration, Industry, Operations & Maintenance

    Vestas, KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering (KPS) and KMC Line have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support Korea’s offshore wind sector, specifically, the operation and maintenance (O&M) segment of the market. According to Vestas, the MoU aims to accelerate the development of a skilled workforce and high‑quality offshore wind O&M capabilities in Korea. […]

  • Lamprell Starts Manufacturing Transition Pieces for RWE’s Norfolk Vanguard Duo

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

    Fabrication of transition pieces (TPs) for two Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind projects in the UK is underway at Lamprell’s yard in the UAE. The company cut the first steel for the Norfolk Vanguard West TPs in December 2025, with manufacturing now underway and the first load-out of completed TPs expected in the second half of […]

  • Olympic Subsea’s Methanol-Ready Vessel Duo Enters Construction

    8 May 2026
    Clean Fuels, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    The CMHI shipyard in Shenzhen, China, has begun the construction of two methanol-ready dual-fuel multipurpose subsea vessels for Norway’s Olympic Subsea. Olympic Subsea reported that earlier in April the keel laying for the first vessel and the first steel cutting for the second vessel took place at the CMHI Shenzhen shipyard. The vessels will be […]

  • Maersk Viridis En Route to US to Install Empire Wind 1 Turbines

    31 March 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Maersk’s first next-generation wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), Maersk Viridis, has sailed out of Singapore and is on its way to the US, where it will install turbines on Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm, under construction in the US federal waters off New York. According to Maersk Offshore Wind, the WTIV sailed out of […]

  • Taiwan Installs 500th Offshore Wind Turbine, Total Capacity Climbs to 4.8 GW

    17 June 2026
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Industry, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates

    Taiwan now has 500 wind turbines installed in its waters, and a cumulative offshore wind capacity of 4.8 GW, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said on 14 June. The 500th turbine was installed on 12 June, with the milestone achieved only a few days after the latest report from the Global Wind Energy Council […]

  • Dajin Starts Manufacturing Foundations for Polish Offshore Wind Farm

    16 December 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Dajin Heavy Industry has cut the first steel for the monopiles for the BC-Wind project, a 390 MW offshore wind farm that Ocean Winds is set to build in Poland. The company has been contracted to manufacture and deliver 27 monopiles and 27 transition pieces, with the delivery scheduled for 2026. For Dajin, this marks […]

  • Korea Getting WTIV Capable of Installing 15 MW Wind Turbines

    6 February 2026
    Vessels

    Hanwha Ocean has secured an order from Ocean Wind Power 1 for a wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) worth KRW 768.7 billion (approximately EUR 444 million). Scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2028, the new vessel will be the first WTIV in Korea capable of installing 15 MW-class offshore wind turbines, and is […]

  • All XXL Monopiles for Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm Delivered

    16 December 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    China’s CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI) has shipped the final eight XXL monopiles for the Scottish Inch Cape offshore wind farm, completing the delivery of all 32 monopiles it was contracted to produce for the project. The last batch has departed CWHI’s Qinzhou yard aboard the COSCO Shipping vessel Xiang Taikou and is on its way […]

  • RWE Opens O&M Base for Thor Offshore Wind Farm

    25 March 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has officially opened the new operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the 1.1 GW Danish Thor offshore wind farm at Thorsminde Port. “The port of Thorsminde provides the quickest sea and air access to Thor offshore wind farm, making it the perfect location for our new service hub. Our first team members are already […]

  • Equinor Sues US Gov’t Over Empire Wind 1 Construction Halt

    5 January 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has filed a civil suit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia against the order that suspended construction on five offshore wind projects, including its Empire Wind 1, which is now more than 60 per cent complete. As part of the case, Empire Offshore Wind LLC, an Equinor subsidiary that filed the civil suit on […]

  • US-Based Developer to Cooperate with Korea’s Hana Group on Financing 3.2 GW Offshore Wind Cluster

    15 June 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Korean subsidiary of California-based Pacifico Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hana Bank and Hana Securities to develop financing solutions for its 3.2 GW Jindo offshore wind project cluster in South Korea. The agreement covers cooperation on financing across the development, construction and operational phases of the project, including project finance, […]

  • Cadeler Secures New Foundation Installation Contract

    28 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Cadeler has signed a preferred supplier agreement for the transportation and installation of monopiles and transition pieces at a large offshore wind farm located in European waters, the company said on 28 January, without disclosing the client or project details. Under the agreement, which is subject to the final investment decision (FID) being made on […]

  • Bernhard Schulte Offshore Takes Delivery of Third Methanol-Ready CSOV

    12 March 2026
    Vessels

    Ulstein Verft has delivered a new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) to Bernhard Schulte Offshore (BSO). The CSOV, named Windea Carnot, is the third of three sister vessels built by the Norwegian shipbuilder for the German offshore wind vessel operator and the first of two ordered by investors advised by J.P. Morgan under options included […]

  • All Monopiles Installed at Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm

    3 June 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    All 54 monopile foundations have been installed at the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland, jointly owned by ESB and Red Rock Renewables. The monopiles were installed by Jan De Nul’s heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés, which has been transporting the foundations from the Port of Leith in Edinburgh since installation work started […]

  • Jan De Nul Launches Second Cable Laying Giant

    7 April 2026
    Cables, Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Vessels

    Jan De Nul has launched William Thomson, the second of two identical subsea cable‑laying vessels currently under construction. Both vessels have a cargo capacity of 28,000 tonnes and a length of 215 metres. This makes them the largest of their kind, Jan De Nul said. Jan De Nul’s two new cable-laying vessels have been specially […]

  • Arenso’s Operative Management Buys Company’s Offshore Wind Business

    10 April 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom

    Part of the operative management of Arenso Oy has acquired the company’s offshore wind business, including its brand, bringing a new reshuffle following the 2024 demerger of Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy. Under the transaction, Arenso’s offshore wind team, along with its foundation technology and bird radar expertise, has been transferred to the new company. The deal […]

  • Acta Marine’s Newly Delivered CSOV to Debut at Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    8 May 2026
    Project Updates, Vessels

    Acta Marine recently took delivery of the second of its four new construction service operation vessels (CSOVs), Acta Hercules, which will be deployed on a Dutch offshore wind farm. The company has also reflagged its first newbuild CSOV, Acta Pegasus, to the French flag. Acta Hercules will enter into a five-year charter with Vestas, supporting the […]

  • Brave Tern Detained After Collision with Another WTIV in Port; Several Thor Wind Turbine Blades Damaged

    11 June 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Ports & Logistics, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Updated on 12 June 2026 with reader’s photo. The Danish Maritime Authority has detained the wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Brave Tern following a collision in the Port of Esbjerg that damaged turbine components for the Thor offshore wind farm. According to the Danish newspaper JydskeVestkysten, the Danish Maritime Authority said the incident occurred during […]

  • Korea Midland Power Invests in 390 MW Shinan-Ui Offshore Wind Project, Construction to Start in April

    12 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Korea Midland Power Company (KOMIPO) is investing KRW 96.1 billion (about EUR 56 million) in the 390 MW Shinan-Ui offshore wind project, the company said on 11 February. Financing for the offshore wind farm has been secured, and offshore construction is scheduled to begin in April, according to KOMIPO. The offshore wind farm, which will […]

  • Another US Offshore Wind Project Cleared to Resume Construction

    16 January 2026
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US District Court for the District of Columbia has granted a preliminary injunction sought by Equinor for its Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm, allowing construction activities to resume on the project that was more than 60 per cent complete at the time when the US government issued a stop-work order in December 2025. […]

  • Nova Scotia Setting Up Framework for Offshore Wind Revenue

    26 February 2026
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Planning & Permitting

    The government of Nova Scotia has introduced legislation that would set bid fees and levies for offshore wind developers as part of the Canadian province’s broader offshore wind licensing regime. On 24 February, Premier of Nova Scotia, Tim Houston, tabled the Powering the Economy Act, which creates an Offshore Renewable Energy Revenue Act. The new […]