Ørsted signed contracts for Hornsea 3 monopiles in 2022 with SeAH Wind and Haizea Wind Group. However, the developer and SeAH agreed to mutually terminate the contract because the company faced ongoing production challenges at its new Teesside facility, with Ørsted subsequently reallocating SeAH’s scope to other supplier(s).

At the beginning of March, Dajin Heavy Industry announced that it had shipped the first Hornsea 3 monopiles from China to the UK onboard its new heavy-cargo deck carrier, King One .