From Moby Dick to Wind Farms: East Coast Tries to Pivot Centuries-Old Ports

Turbine parts arrive in New London and New Bedford as future projects deal with surging costs

A delivery of offshore wind turbine components arrived in June at the Connecticut State Pier in New London. Kayana Szymczak for The Wall Street Journal

NEW LONDON, Conn.—The boats tied up at Gary Yerman’s dock in this seaside city have long trawled for scallops and squid. But they have recently been used for something else, too: scouting and security work for a trio of wind farms under development several dozen miles off the coast.

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