Cadeler has signed an exclusivity agreement covering foundation and turbine installation for a large UK offshore wind farm, with the campaign expected to begin around 2030.
The contractor’s 11 November announcement leaves the client and wind farm unnamed. It describes an exclusivity agreement; it does not announce a final construction award, contract value or project capacity.
Cadeler expects an A-class vessel and an O-class vessel to carry out the foundation campaign, followed by a P-class vessel for turbine installation. Individual ships have not been identified.
The proposed scope would combine two major installation stages within one campaign. Its long lead time illustrates developers’ need to arrange suitable heavy-lift capacity ahead of offshore construction, while the project timetable remains prospective.
Source: Cadeler, 11 November 2026.
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Illustrative fleet file photograph: Wind Orca at night in Esbjerg, Denmark, 10 November 2021; this does not confirm its assignment to the unnamed UK project. Thomas Dahlstrøm Nielsen / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and compressed; same licence retained.
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