Belgian shipowner Jan De Nul has clinched its first contract for the new foundation installation vessel Les Alizes.

The company said the 61,000-dwt ship, due in November 2022, will transport and install 107 monopile foundations and one substation topsides for Orsted's Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 wind farms off Germany.

Les Alizes is being built by China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu).