Cadeler’s offshore wind service platform Nexra has secured a firm operations and maintenance (O&M) contract in Japan, with the work scheduled to begin this spring, Cadeler revealed on 20 March, leaving the client and the contract undisclosed. The campaign, expected to run for approximately one to tw
All 76 transition pieces (TPs) have been installed on the Baltic Power project, a 1.2 GW offshore wind farm being built in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea. The work is being carried out by Van Oord, which is utilising the SAL heavy lift vessel MV Lone for transporting and installing transition p
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,
Acadia, the first US-flagged, Jones Act-compliant subsea rock installation vessel (SRIV), owned by Texas-headquartered Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD), has begun its sea trials, with operations to start soon. GLDD ordered the vessel from Philly Shipyard, Inc. in 2021, with the first ste
UK-based Chartwell Marine and the Cooperative Association of Japan Shipbuilders (CAJS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support the development and local construction of offshore wind vessels, primarily crew transfer vessels (CTVs) and service operation vessels (SOVs) that will ser
Holland Shipyards Group is constructing a specialist shallow draft cable lay barge, purpose-built to support nearshore and inshore cable installation and marine support operations, for Enshore Subsea, with delivery expected this summer. Enshore Advantage is being built at Holland Shipyards Group’s y
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier and Siemens Gamesa have signed a long-term agreement, under which Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s vessels will be deployed for operations and maintenance (O&M) work on offshore wind farms featuring Siemens Gamesa turbines. The agreement, which has a firm duration of ten years with
Maersk Offshore Wind has officially named its first next-generation wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Maersk Viridis, built by Seatrium. The vessel was delivered in late February 2026 from Seatrium’s Tuas Boulevard Yard in Singapore after completing sea trials and readiness checks. The naming
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 inve
Singapore-based shipbuilder and vessel owner Marco Polo Marine has secured approximately SGD 21 million (around EUR 14 million) through a private share placement, with the company planning to channel the funds toward expanding its capabilities in the offshore wind market. The placement involved the
Jan De Nul is expanding its fleet with the addition of two trenching support vessels, with the first being a newbuild and the other to be converted from a water injection dredger. The new trenching support vessel, of an Ulstein design and to be built at the China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) ship
This article was updated to add information about Mitsui O.S.K.’s (MOL) acquisition of a stake in Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt and shares in the company’s C-CSOVs. The first steel has been cut for the first of Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt’s (DO) four construction commissioning service operation ve
