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Offshore wind
Every Vessel Hunter story on Offshore wind: 57 stories, from 10 July 2026 to 9 October 2026. Newest: "Van Wijngaarden christens EuroCarrier Maasstroom, a 35-tonne bollard pull DP1 workboat". Each story links to the ships and ports it names, so a name in the text opens the record behind it.
Van Wijngaarden christens EuroCarrier Maasstroom, a 35-tonne bollard pull DP1 workboat
Van Wijngaarden Marine Services christened its newbuild EuroCarrier 2712 Maasstroom at Hardinxveld-Giessendam on 6 October, within a year of signing with Neptune.
Salvors stop flooding on offshore wind support vessel Nautilus at Eemshaven
A salvage team stopped water entering the Spanish-flagged offshore support vessel Nautilus at Eemshaven on 5 October, after the bow settled low at the quay and the crew was evacuated.
Pacifico Files a $1bn Investment Declaration for 2.79 GW Off Jindo
Pacifico Energy has filed an investment declaration worth more than $1bn with South Korea's trade ministry covering two offshore wind projects with 2.79 GW of combined planned capacity.
This Week in Maritime: Gulf crude is back, and tankers are still being hit
Gulf oil exports returned to prewar volumes while four more tankers were struck in Hormuz, Somali pirates killed five crew, the ZIM review restarted and shipping earnings set a third record.
Maritime Briefing of 28 September 2026
Fire forces the crew off Blue Carrier 2 north of Mykonos, three blockaded VLCCs head for the US with Iranian crude, Puntland frees Sibu 1 and Iran plans to sell seized ships.
Ørsted and Nuveen inaugurate the 913 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 off Germany
Ørsted and Nuveen Infrastructure have inaugurated Borkum Riffgrund 3, a 913 MW wind farm 72 km off the German coast, lifting Ørsted's German offshore capacity to about 2.5 GW.
NYK orders an Ulstein SX222 service operation vessel from PaxOcean for Asia-Pacific wind
NYK has ordered a 120-person service operation vessel from PaxOcean, to be built in Batam to an Ulstein SX222 design and deployed in Taiwan with IOVTEC and Hsin Chien Marine.
Maritime Briefing of 27 September 2026
Hapag-Lloyd and FIMI revise the Zim Israel plan, the capesize Cape Falcon is refloated off Gladstone, the Netherlands dates its scrubber ban and MSC's Medlog enters Kazakhstan.
Huisman wins leg encircling cranes for Cadeler's two T-class installation vessels
Huisman will supply two leg encircling cranes and two auxiliary cranes for Cadeler's next-generation T-class wind installation vessels, under a contract from builder COSCO Shipping (Qidong) Offshore.
This Week in Maritime: freight takes a quarter of the barrel
The week freight reached a quarter of the price of a barrel, a 15-year-old VLCC sold above newbuild, a seafarer was killed in Hormuz, an MSC feeder was left adrift and China took 82% of new orders.
Dong Fang Offshore takes delivery of SOV Orient Inspirer for Vestas in Taiwan
Taiwan's Dong Fang Offshore has taken delivery of its first newbuild service operation vessel, Orient Inspirer, from Vard Vung Tau, two months early and ahead of a 12-year Vestas charter.
Maritime Briefing of 24 September 2026
Washington extends blocking measures to shipowners, insurers and ports; Chinese yards take 82% of first-half contracting; and the June Aster death toll reaches 77.
Jan De Nul orders second trenching support vessel for cables
Jan De Nul has ordered a second trenching support vessel, an exact sister to Isambard K. Brunel, taking its subsea cable newbuilding programme to five ships and its cable fleet to fourteen.
Maritime Briefing of 23 September 2026
Transpetrol enters the LR1 segment, Taiwan gets a home-based cable layer, LS Marine books a record cable contract, and the European List of recycling yards becomes a fight.
LS Marine Solution books record $113m Shinan Ui cable contract
LS Marine Solution has converted its preferred-bidder position at the 390 MW Shinan Ui offshore wind project into a KRW 156.9bn contract with Hanwha Ocean.
Cadeler's Nexra and Vattenfall to develop turbine exchange methods
Cadeler's service platform Nexra and Vattenfall have signed a memorandum of understanding on major component exchange methods for large offshore wind turbines.
Taiwan-flagged cable layer Oceanus 1 enters service at Kaohsiung
Oceanus 1, a Taiwan-flagged cable-laying vessel with an 8,000-tonne carousel, arrived at Kaohsiung on 16 September after handover from her Vietnamese builder.
Dajin books 24 newbuildings and builds a heavy transport fleet of its own
Dajin Heavy Industry reports 24 newbuildings worth about RMB 12 billion for delivery to 2030, alongside its own KING and EMPEROR series heavy transport ships.
Maritime Briefing of 9 September 2026
The day in shipping: the Consultative Shipping Group warns of a two-tier system, Espino de Marotta takes over a dry Panama Canal, and Hapag-Lloyd gets 30 days to rework its Zim bid.
Maritime Briefing, 4 September 2026: Hormuz, Anchorages, Yard Capacity
Iranian tankers stacking up off Galle and Johore, a tug lost with six missing off Busan, and Panama paying $191.7m for full control of its oil pipeline corridor.
South Korea Takes Offshore Wind Site Selection Into State Hands With 25 GW Target
Seoul has approved a planned-siting regime that shifts offshore wind site selection from developers to the government, targeting 25 GW of preliminary development zones by 2031.
Germany Rewrites Its Offshore Wind Law With Contracts for Difference and 35-Year Lives
Berlin has approved an amendment to the Wind Energy at Sea Act introducing two-sided contracts for difference and extending standard project operating life from 25 to 35 years.
JFE Completes Japan's First Domestically Built Offshore Wind Monopile
JFE Engineering has rolled out the first foundation for a commercial Japanese offshore wind farm from its Kasaoka plant, the country's only domestic monopile manufacturing base.
Acta Gemini starts long-term RWE charter at Sofia offshore wind farm
Acta Marine's newest service operation vessel has completed shakedown and begun a long-term charter supporting RWE's 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm from Grimsby.
California Sues Interior Over $120M Offshore Wind Lease Buyout
California has sued the Department of the Interior over a $120 million payment made to Golden State Wind in exchange for relinquishing a federal offshore wind lease.
NextOcean to Fit Motion Prediction Radar to SOV Esvagt Njord
NextOcean has been awarded a contract to install its WavePredictor motion radar aboard the service operation vessel Esvagt Njord, working at the Dudgeon wind farm.
Victoria Opens Australia's First Offshore Wind Auction for 2GW
Victoria has launched Australia's first offshore wind auction, seeking an initial 2GW off the Gippsland coast in a request for proposals running to August 2027.
Orsted Shelves 1.4GW Incheon Offshore Wind Project in South Korea
Orsted has suspended its bid for what would have been South Korea's largest offshore wind project, off Incheon, after it failed internal investment criteria.
Van Oord Completes All 111 Monopiles at Poland's Baltica 2 Wind Farm
Van Oord has installed all 111 monopile foundations at the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in the Polish Baltic, using two installation vessels working in parallel.
Boskalis Calls First Half 'Solid' Despite Geopolitical Drag on New Projects
Boskalis reported first-half revenue of EUR1.90bn, down from an exceptionally strong EUR2.35bn a year earlier, as geopolitical uncertainty dampened client appetite for new projects.
DEME and Jan De Nul Complete Final Caisson for Princess Elisabeth Energy Island
The TM Edison consortium of DEME and Jan De Nul has installed the last of 23 caissons forming the protective ring of Belgium's Princess Elisabeth energy island.
Norway Grants Ventyr a One-Year Delay on Southern North Sea II Wind Licence
Norway's energy ministry has given Ventyr an extra year to submit its licence application for the Southern North Sea II offshore wind project, pushing the deadline to 15 October 2027.
SONFOR Takes Majority Control of Lillebaelt Syd and Starts Partner Hunt
Danish utility SONFOR has been cleared to take the majority stake in Lillebaelt Vind after TotalEnergies withdrew, and is now assessing new partners and the project's business case.
Semi-Submersible Carries Giant Monopiles From Bilbao To Teesside
A semi-submersible heavy transport vessel is ferrying steel monopiles from northern Spain to the northeast coast of England for what will become the world's largest single offshore wind farm.
Turkey Sets First Offshore Wind Tender For Early Next Year
Turkey will hold its first offshore wind tender in the first quarter of 2027, opening a programme aimed at five gigawatts of installed capacity by 2035.
Heavy Transport Vessel For Offshore Wind To Get Electric Propulsion Package
A 230 metre semi-submersible heavy transport vessel for the offshore wind sector will be fitted with four 3.5 megawatt azimuthing electric propulsion units for 2028 delivery.
Japan Takes Delivery Of Large Hybrid Cable Laying Vessel
A Japanese contractor has taken delivery of a 150 metre hybrid cable laying vessel with 9,000 tonnes of carousel capacity, in a project valued above 200 million dollars.
Cadeler Buys Foundation Installation Specialist Menck For 578 Million Dollars
Cadeler is buying foundation installation specialist Menck for 578 million dollars, deepening its position in offshore wind installation work.
Denmark Awards Two Offshore Wind Sites After Rewriting Its Auction Terms
Denmark has awarded two offshore wind sites to Vattenfall after replacing a subsidy-free tender that drew no bids at all with a contract-for-difference model.
Offshore Wind Lease Buybacks In The US Approach Four Billion Dollars
A German utility has agreed to relinquish American offshore wind leases for 1.22 billion dollars, bringing total spending on such buybacks to close to four billion.
Cadeler Orders Two More Wind Installation Vessels In 930 Million Dollar Deal
Cadeler has ordered two more T-class offshore wind installation vessels from COSCO Shipping Offshore for around 805 million euros, with delivery in 2030 and 2031.
China installs world's largest offshore wind converter station
A 25,000-tonne platform was floated over its foundation 100 km off Guangdong with 150 mm of clearance a side, in a seven-hour operation.
L&T and Hitachi Energy secure framework deal for TenneT's 2GW wind programme
Larsen & Toubro and Hitachi Energy have secured a framework cooperation agreement covering a 2GW offshore wind transmission programme with TenneT.
Boskalis repurposes mining ship into its largest rock-installation vessel
Boskalis has commissioned the Windpiper, described as the largest subsea rock-installation vessel, converted from an unfinished deep-sea mining ship.
China commissions its largest semi-submersible crane vessel
China has delivered its largest semi-submersible crane vessel by lifting capacity, a heavy-lift unit built to support offshore wind, bridges and deep-sea projects.
South Korea's 390MW Shinan-Wi offshore wind project starts construction
A 390MW offshore wind project in South Korea has entered construction after closing its financing, and will feature the country's first commercial offshore substation.
Marco Polo Marine lands long-term Siemens Gamesa CSOV deal
Marco Polo Marine has signed a multi-year framework with Siemens Gamesa to deploy two commissioning service operation vessels on Asia-Pacific offshore wind projects.
Pacifico Energy Korea signs local supply deal for offshore wind cluster
Pacifico Energy Korea has signed an MoU with three local suppliers to support its 3.2GW Jindo offshore wind cluster and build a Gwangyang Bay supply hub.
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