Cadeler takes delivery of giant jack-up Wind Maker

Danish-headquartered, Oslo-listed Cadeler A/S, which owns the world’s largest fleet of jack-up offshore wind installation vessels, has just added another. On Monday, it took delivery of Wind Maker, the first of two M-class Gusto MSC NG16000X jack-ups in a ceremony at the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard in Korea.

Wind Maker and its sister Wind Mover, scheduled for delivery in the fourth quarter of this year, are each engineered and equipped to install the next-generation offshore wind turbines currently...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/cadeler-takes-delivery-of-giant-jack-up-wind-maker/

Cadeler signs Asia Pacific WTIV vessel reservation agreement

There are only so many wind turbine installation vessels (WTIVs) in the world fleet capable of installing today’s giant wind turbines and Danish-headquartered, Oslo-listed Cadeler A/S controls a lot of them. Today it reported the signing of a VRA (vessel reservation agreement) that secures the availability of one of its two newbuild M-Class Gusto MSC NG16000X jack-up vessels and underlines Cadeler’s continued expansion in the Asia-Pacific market.

The aggregate potential value to Cadeler of the...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/cadeler-signs-asia-pacific-wtiv-vessel-reservation-agreement/

South Korean yard launches lead unit of new installation vessel series for Cadeler

Launch of Cadeler's future installation vessel Wind Maker

South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean has launched the first unit in a new series of wind turbine installation vessels (WTIVs) ordered by Cadeler. The vessel, which has been named Wind Maker, is scheduled to be delivered to Cadeler in the first quarter of 2025. The GustoMSC-designed WTIV will...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/offshore/exploration-development/offshore-construction/south-korean-yard-launches-lead-unit-of-new-installation-vessel-series-for-cadeler/

COLUMN | Augustus Gloop in wind? Cadeler; Integrated Wind Solutions and Sumitomo; North Star newbuild [Offshore Accounts]

The order book for the wind sector just continues getting larger and larger, even as companies continue not to make much money. Wind is the Augustus Gloop segment of offshore, gorged on investment, like the character in Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but liable to fall into a...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/offshore/column-augustus-gloop-in-wind-cadeler-integrated-wind-solutions-and-sumitomo-north-star-newbuild-offshore-accounts/

Cadeler orders third installation vessel in series from Chinese builder

Rendering of some of Cadeler's wind installation vessels

Cadeler has placed an order for the construction of the third windfarm installation vessel in a series, which will also be the eleventh vessel to join the company’s fleet. The self-elevating vessel is scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2027. It will be built by COSCO Heavy Industries in...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/offshore/exploration-development/offshore-construction/cadeler-orders-third-installation-vessel-in-series-from-chinese-builder/