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UK offshore supply chain best practices

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With the UK’s latest Contracts for Difference allocation round unlocking a new wave of offshore wind activity, supply chain coordination is becoming increasingly critical. In this discussion, Innes Cameron, Director at Clarksons Port Services, and Nicolaj Splidt Jakobsen, Head of Offshore at Dan-Bunkering, share how project stakeholders are mobilizing to support the UK pipeline.

PES: The UK’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 7 (AR7) has just delivered a significant set of awards. How are you seeing this accelerate supply chain activity, not only in infrastructure, but also in related services such as marine logistics and fuel supply?

Innes Cameron: The effect of AR7 has been noticeable. The awards brought clarity to several pending projects and once that happened, developers began firming up their operational plans.

What we’re seeing now is a steady increase in requests and deeper technical discussions for suitable ports and berths, crane availability, vessel availability and laydown allocations; essentially, the early building blocks of the project execution phase. As several campaigns are moving forward at similar times, the level of coordination planning has increased. Port calls, equipment transfers, vessel movements and fuel supply all need to be synchronised to avoid unnecessary delays and costs.

This is where our cooperation with Dan-Bunkering becomes particularly valuable. When we align port timelines and bunkering requirements at an early stage, it reduces uncertainty and ensures vessels move through their schedule without friction, supporting clients in managing risk and cost exposure.

Nicolaj Splidt Jakobsen: Geopolitical tension in the Middle East reinforces the need for this integrated planning. Even when the UK is not directly exposed, shifts in global shipping flows or refinery output can influence availability and timing. Clients are better off looking to build predictability into the parts of the supply chain they can control. Vessel operations and fuel supply are a key part of that.

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