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In late October 2025 Smulders completed the first load-out and sail-away of transition pieces (TPs) for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms, marking a key manufacturing milestone for the projects' 100-monopile foundation programme. The first TPs departed from Smulders' Hoboken yard in Belgium and were transported by barge in sets of four to the company's Vlissingen yard in the Netherlands for storage and final preparation ahead of offshore installation, which was scheduled to begin in spring 2026 using Heerema Marine Contractors' heavy-lift vessel Thialf. Each TP measures approximately 17 metres tall and weighs around 400 tonnes. Smulders, in consortium with Sif, is manufacturing the full 100-piece TP set across the two farms; for Bałtyk 3 this corresponds to the project's 50 monopile foundations supporting Siemens Gamesa SG 14-236 DD turbines. Secondary steel components for the TPs were produced at Smulders' Polish facilities in Żary, Niemodlin and Łęknica, reinforcing the local-content commitments of the Equinor/Polenergia joint venture.