A slowing in the growth of offshore wind turbine size could provide shipowners with the perfect window to order the vessels needed to serve the expanding sector.

Clarksons Platou Securities head of research Turner Holm reckons companies have been holding back on new vessel contracting as they watched turbines growing ever larger in recent years.

According to Clarksons Platou Renewables' calculations, the recently announced 14 MW turbine from Siemens Gamesa has the potential to achieve a nameplate capacity of 18.5