Mammoet has signed a contract with Buss Ports to marshal wind turbine foundations for two of Europe’s biggest offshore wind farm projects: RWE’s Nordseecluster A (Germany) and Thor (Denmark).
Nordseecluster, with a planned capacity of up to 1.6 GW, is one of the largest offshore wind energy projects in Germany and will be constructed in two phases. Thor, with a planned capacity of more than 1 GW, is Denmark’s largest to date. Mammoet will manage the phased load-in, temporary storage and load-out of 116 XXL monopiles for both projects at Buss Terminal Eemshaven in the Netherlands. The largest foundations will weigh around 1,700 tonnes and measure 96 m in length.
The monopiles will be offloaded onto the quay using a ro-ro linkspan ramp and transported using SPMTs fitted with saddles. The trailers will then drive the monopiles onto storage dunes, ready to be called off and shipped to the wind farms located in the German and Danish waters of the North Sea.
“This is a complex marshalling operation, with large components for both farms needing to be moved and managed on a single site. Combining our specialist heavy transport equipment with our engineering experience of monopile handling, we are delighted to support the development of these significant offshore wind projects concurrently,” said Wouter Santen, project manager at Mammoet.
