Norway's Offshore Heavy Transport (OHT) formally clinched orders for China Merchants Heavy Industry's first new-generation wind power installation ship.

On October 3, OHT, through its wholly-owned subsidiary VINDOffshore Installation 1, signed a contract with China Merchants Heavy Industry to build the first new-generation wind turbine installation ship, which is scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of 2023.

The contract is the first of two wind turbine installers VIND 1 and VIND 2 that OHT signed an agreement with China Merchants Heavy Industry in July. The agreement also includes an alternative order for two wind turbine installation ships.

 

OHT's wind turbine installation vessels will be designed with GustoMSCNG-14000XL-G, specially designed and built for the installation of next-generation offshore wind turbines and XL piles. Although the price of the new ship has not been announced, sources speculate that the latest wind turbine installation ship may cost more than US$300 million.

Source: Sarah Yu, XINDE MARINE NEWS

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