The Danish steel contractor Bladt Industries A/S has newly been awarded the contract for delivery of 36 monopiles for the Dutch offshore wind project at Egmond aan Zee. The contract is part of the first large offshore wind project in the Netherlands with Shell and NUON as investors. Bladt Industries A/S was awarded the contract by Ballast Nedam N.V., who will undertake the offshore installation of the monopiles. The delivery comprises 36 monopiles with belonging transistion pieces. The monopiles will be surfaced treated, equipped with all necessary access platforms and made ready for offshore installation at Bladt Industries A/S’s facilities. Total weight of the delivery is approximately 13,000 tons. The project will be carried out from August 2005 to May 2006.