DredgeWire3 Aug 2026Market
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The vessel departed the Port of Rotterdam to load 45,500 metric tons of rock at a quarry in Norway before proceeding to the Baltic Sea for its first subsea rock installation works. Boskalis described the conversion as an 18-month effort drawing on expertise from across the company. Subsea rock installation protects and stabilises offshore infrastructure including wind farm assets, cables, and pipelines on the seabed.
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The sailing follows the basic design work by Vuyk Engineering reported on the same date and the earlier announcement that Windpiper's first campaign would be at Poland's Baltic Power offshore wind farm.
