Norwegian offshore contractor DOF has secured a transport and installation contract covering a floating offshore wind development in the North Sea.

The company has not identified the client or the project, but said its scope stretches from inshore marine work through to the installation of the floating turbines and export cables. Engineering is already underway.

Under the award, DOF will handle the pre-lay of the mooring system, the tow-out and installation of the floating offshore wind turbines, and the installation of both dynamic and static export cables. The company has yet to disclose which vessels will carry out the campaign, its timing, or the contract value.

The package marks another step in DOF's push beyond its traditional subsea and offshore oil and gas work into renewables, combining vessel, mooring, and subsea cable capabilities under a single installation scope. That combination of skills is central to floating wind, which, unlike fixed-bottom offshore wind, relies on moored turbine platforms towed to site and connected via dynamic cables that move with the floating structures.

Floating wind remains at an early commercial stage in the North Sea. Equinor's Hywind Tampen, off Norway, is the world's largest operating floating wind farm and powers offshore oil and gas platforms, while the UK and Norway have leased areas for further floating developments and Scotland hosted trials such as Kincardine. Installation contracts of this kind, spanning moorings, tow-out, and cabling, are among the work packages developers must tender as projects move toward construction.

The Oslo-listed group has been building up its cable workload alongside its offshore construction business. Earlier this year, it secured a substantial contract from Norwegian grid operator Statnett to replace four high-voltage subsea cables across Ofotfjorden, with the main offshore campaign set for 2027.