Posted on October 5, 2026
Once delivered, IWS Fleet’s owned fleet will grow 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗶𝘅 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗦𝗢𝗩𝘀, further strengthening the Company’s position in the offshore wind service vessel market. The newbuildings will be based on a Kongsberg Maritime design and equipped with three-dimensional motion-compensated cranes and gangway systems supplied by MacGregor. Building on the success and learnings from the Skywalker class CSOV, the new vessels will continue to raise the bar for performance, safety and reliability✨
The expanded fleet of ten Skywalker-class vessels will enhance the operational and commercial flexibility to meet client demand, while IWS Fleet will continue to leverage the benefits of having a fleet of interchangeable and similar vessels🤝
The vessels are scheduled for delivery in 2029 and 2030 from Nantong Rainbow Offshore & Engineering Equipment (ROC). In addition to the four firm newbuildings, IWS Fleet has secured 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀.
Christopher Andersen Heidenreich, Managing Director of IWS Fleet and COO of Integrated Wind Solutions, comments; “𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘬𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘞𝘚 𝘚𝘬𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 2024. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘞𝘚 𝘍𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘵 𝘕𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘸 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦 & 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘊𝘰., 𝘓𝘵𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵.”
