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OPINION: Can the growing SOV fleet meet demand?

By Spinergie Senior Energy Data Analyst Maëlig Gaborieau and Hugo Madeline, Senior Offshore Energy Analyst | Maritime Decarbonization 2025-08-21T10:29:00

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The SOV fleet is growing but will it be able to meet rising demand driven by market shifts?

Senior Energy Data analyst Maëlig Gaborieau and Hugo Madeline, senior Offshore Energy analyst, Maritime Decarbonisation, with France-based data-driven tech start-up Spinergie, explain how growing offshore wind demand and renewed opportunities in oil and gas make SOVs critical, especially in harsher, more distant offshore environments.

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