Arne Blystad-backed shipowner OHT is bidding for nearly $2bn of offshore wind vessel contracts as it eyes a main board listing in Oslo and recruits more staff.

The company, which listed on Oslo's Merkur Market in September, said there is a growing number of projects being tendered for execution from late 2021 until the end of 2023.

These are dominated by the transport of jackets and monopiles from Asia to Europe and monopiles or transition pieces from Europe to the US.