Japan’s Marubeni Corporation has emerged as a major shareholder in Diana Shipping-backed offshore wind vessel start-up Windward Offshore.
The Germany-based operation said the trading giant has taken a 25.1% stake in the company, which has four commissioning service operation vessels on order at Vard shipyards.
Windward secured a loan of up to €182m ($191m) at the end of last year, and its first ship, the 5,000-gt Windward Athens (built 2025), was launched last month.
