Rikke V. Stoltz
Career History &
Independent Sources
This page provides a factual reference to selected parts of the professional history of Rikke V. Stoltz, supported by independent contemporary media, audited company records and official corporate sources.
Entity history
Blue Ocean Ships, Swire Blue Ocean and Cadeler
Rikke's offshore wind company-building history appears in public sources under several company names. Official corporate and regulatory records confirm that these names form part of the history of the same Danish corporate entity.
Blue Ocean Ships A/S was acquired by Swire Pacific Offshore in 2010 and renamed Swire Blue Ocean A/S. In 2020 the company was renamed Cadeler A/S. Cadeler's regulatory filings record Blue Ocean Ships A/S and Swire Blue Ocean A/S as historical secondary names of the same legal entity.
Official source: Cadeler SEC filingEarly investor and partner
Audited corporate records show that Ugly Duckli Holding ApS held a material equity position in Blue Ocean Ships before the Swire acquisition. Official corporate records identify Rikke Vallentin Stoltz as founder, director and owner of that holding company.
Commercial and management role
Contemporary maritime sources identify Rikke as Business Development Manager, Director of Business Development and part of the company's management during the formative offshore wind period.
Executive and Board responsibility
Audited annual reports for Swire Blue Ocean identify Rikke Vallentin Stoltz as a member of both the Executive Board and the Board of Directors.
International offshore wind
Contemporary and official sources identify Rikke in commercial, contract-management and director roles connected with specialised offshore wind installation vessels and major international projects.
Independent evidence
Selected contemporary and official sources
The sources below are selected for their evidentiary value. They are not intended as a complete archive of historical media coverage.
“Opkøb løftede dansk mølle-projekt”
Identifies Rikke V. Stoltz as Business Development Manager and director. The article states that the commercial head office in Greve at that point consisted of Lars Blicher and Rikke V. Stoltz, and describes the new phase following Swire's acquisition.
View recovered contemporary article“Swire Pacific Offshore acquires Blue Ocean Ships”
Identifies Rikke Stoltz as Director of Business Development and documents the acquisition of Blue Ocean Ships by Swire Pacific Offshore. It also records that Rikke and CEO Lars Blicher would remain with the business, which was renamed Swire Blue Ocean.
View sourceEarly ownership in Blue Ocean Ships
Blue Ocean Ships' audited 2009 annual report records Ugly Duckli Holding ApS among shareholders holding at least 5% of the votes or share capital. Corporate records identify Rikke Vallentin Stoltz as founder, director and owner of that holding company.
View Blue Ocean Ships 2009 filingView holding-company record
“Nyt dansk mølle-installationsskib”
Names Rikke Stoltz as part of the company's management together with Lars Blicher and records that both continued into the new Swire structure as the first offshore wind installation vessel moved towards commercial operation.
View recovered contemporary articleExecutive Board and Board of Directors
Swire Blue Ocean A/S's audited annual report identifies Rikke Vallentin Stoltz as a member of both the Executive Board and Board of Directors. She signed the management statement in both capacities.
View audited 2013 annual report“Skip med bein i Boknafjorden”
Identifies Rikke V. Stoltz as business developer and director at Swire Blue Ocean and quotes her explaining Pacific Orca's purpose, deployment and technical capability in offshore wind and North Sea operations.
View source“Swire Blue Ocean venter overskud”
Identifies Rikke V. Stoltz as director and quotes her on offshore wind contract lead times, forward forecasting and the commercial buffer used in planning the company's contract pipeline.
View sourceContract Manager & Director
Official Swire Pacific records concerning major offshore wind contracts identify Mrs Rikke V. Stoltz as Contract Manager & Director of Swire Blue Ocean A/S.
View Van Oord / Gemini recordView Bilfinger / Sandbank record
Industrial and corporate context
Record-breaking installation vessels
The vessel designer documents Pacific Orca as the world's largest wind-turbine installation vessel at the time and records the technical scale of Pacific Orca and Pacific Osprey.
View sourceSwire Blue Ocean becomes Cadeler
Cadeler's own corporate announcement confirms the rebranding of Swire Blue Ocean as Cadeler in connection with the company's planned Oslo listing.
View sourceEntrepreneurial evidence
Cykelfærgen, Dragør to Limhamn
A separate group of contemporary sources documents Rikke's later work as an independent maritime entrepreneur. This project is included as supporting evidence of hands-on execution rather than as evidence of industrial scale.
“Cykelfærge fra Dragør til Limhamn”
Identifies Rikke V. Stoltz as owner of Stoltz ApS and documents her role in establishing the route, using her maritime market knowledge to locate and charter the vessel, and taking responsibility for the ferry operation, ticketing and related functions.
View sourceA bicycle ferry between Denmark and Sweden
Identifies Rikke Stoltz as the person behind the Dragør company and documents her initiative to seek permission for the route and test demand through a live market trial.
View sourceThis page is intentionally source-led. It distinguishes between independent references to Rikke personally and sources that document the surrounding company, vessel or transaction history. Historical material that cannot currently be verified from the original publication has not been used as evidence here.