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February 5, 2025, 1:03pm
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The Charybdis, America’s first domestically-built wind turbine installation vessel, has commenced sea trials in Brownsville, Texas, marking a significant milestone for the U.S. offshore wind industry. The vessel, now 96%...
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The vessel, now 96% complete at Seatrium AmFELS shipyard, will support the construction of the nation’s largest approved offshore wind project – the 2.6-gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project.
The vessel’s hull and infrastructure was fabricated with over 14,000 tons of domestic steel, including nearly 10,000 tons sourced from Alabama, West Virginia and North Carolina.
That is impressive. Built at a foreign owned US shipyard by (mostly) Mexican workers, from 100% US steel
I wonder how many % of the machinery and equipment that went into this Dutch designed WTIV is of US origin?
Cadeler goes for a bargain:
Copenhagen-headquartered offshore wind installation player Cadeler has bought a newly constructed jackup wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) from Shanghai Boqiang Heavy Industry. The company acquired the 2024-built Boqiang 3060 vessel, set to be...
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Cadeler expects to take delivery of the vessel in the third quarter of 2025. The price of the vessel was left undisclosed, however, the company claims that the purchase price is significantly below the vessel’s estimated replacement cost.
“With the installed base of offshore wind turbines growing substantially, there is a greater need than ever before for reliable and flexible O&M support to ensure uptime and maximise energy production,” said Mikkel Gleerup, Cadeler’s CEO.
SEAWAY ALFA LIFT operating at the Doggerbank OWF
Photo : Flying Focus Aerial Photography www.flyingfocus.nl ©
March 2019: Steel cutting Keel laying Nominee for the Offshore Renewables Award Launching at the CMHI yard Delivery
US OWF industry may be dead, or on it’s death bed, but there are still lots of activity in the rest of the world to justify building more WTIVs:
Copenhagen-headquartered offshore wind installation player Cadeler has secured €675m ($770m) in financing for two newbuilds from a syndicate of international banks. The loans cover the financing of two A-Class wind foundation installation jackup...
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Cadeler has three A-Class vessels being built in China by COSCO. The Wind Ally vessel is expected to be delivered in the second half of 2025, while the second, Wind Ace , will be delivered by the second half of 2026. The third, Wind Apex , is scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2027. It was not revealed which vessels the loans were for.
Like this project:
Poland has announced that its first offshore wind auction will be held on December 17, 2025. Developers will compete for contracts supporting the construction of projects with a total capacity of 4GW. The auction will determine which offshore wind...
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November 21, 2025, 11:35pm
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Updating information on Dominion Energy’s WTIV CHARYBDIS. Dominions CEO Robert Blue had some interesting quotes in a shareholders meeting last month. “Extremely Disappointing” “ Again not meeting expectations”
The vessel has been in Portsmouth Virginia 2 months. A very large crew some say 200, working on electrical system faults and documenting systems meet US requirements. She lost a contract with Orsted to install turbines due to late delivery prior to the Virginia project and likely to cause the Virginia Installations delay going forward. Coupled with US Administrations canceling future projects she looks like a bad investment on Dominions part.
All above from what I read. I know from personal experience investors are disappointed with Dominion shares suffering due offshore wind involvement. Wonder if there is a market for the vessel foreign.
