DEME has been awarded a contract to construct an offshore wind terminal at the port of Cuxhaven in Germany.
Operated by Niedersachsen Ports (NPorts), the expanded offshore wind terminal will comprise three berths and 1,250 m of quay wall for heavy loads, along with a storage area of 38 ha.
For this project, DEME is part of a consortium alongside German civil marine construction firms Depenbrock and TAGU. DEME will execute the dredging and land reclamation works, with a total volume of more than 3 million cu m expected to be retrieved. Two trailing suction hopper dredgers, a backhoe dredger and several barges will be utilised.
“Construction of the expanded terminal requires an innovative technical approach,” said Lutz Dröge, area manager Germany at DEME. “The project includes the installation of combi-walls and land reclamation in a dynamic estuarine environment, meeting the complex engineering requirements tailored to a heavy load terminal and demanding geotechnical conditions.”
DEME and its consortium partners previously delivered berths eight (2008-2009) and four (2016-2018) at Cuxhaven. The location was also used by DEME as a base port during the construction of the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm.
The project will commence in 2025 and is expected to take 3.5 years to complete.
HLPFI reported in September 2024 that the EU approved Germany’s state support for infrastructure development at the port of Cuxhaven. The works planned included four berthed and estimated construction costs were EUR300 million (USD325 million).
