Wind shipping company Cadeler has ordered several new vessels for its fleet in recent years. And on Tuesday, the company pressed the order button for yet another vessel.
This time, the order is for a so-called F-class vessel. An F-class vessel can be used for both the transport and installation of the next generation of offshore foundations and wind turbines. It will be the company's second of this type and the sixth vessel in the fleet in total when it is delivered, Cadeler said in a statement.
However, the fleet currently only counts two ships, as the company is currently in the process of building two X-class vessels and one F-class vessel, which will be delivered from the second half of 2024 and onwards. The newly ordered F-class vessel is expected to be delivered in the second half of 2026. All vessels will be built by COSCO Heavy Industries in Qidong, China, and will sail under the Danish flag.
The next F-class vessel will be built to the same specifications as the first F-class vessel with a deck area of 5,600 sq m, a payload of more than 17,600 tonnes and a crane, the capacity of which will be announced at a later date.
- The decision to order another F-class vessel is based on the strong market demand for vessels specializing in large-scale foundation installation. We are already experiencing strong demand for our yet-to-be-built F-class vessels. As announced in August, we have signed a contract with Ørsted, and we have also entered into a long-term agreement with an unnamed customer who has reserved an F-class vessel from 2027 to 2030, says Mikkel Gleerup, CEO of Cadeler, about the basis for ordering the new vessel.
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