Geodis, through its subsidiary Sealogis, will support engineering company Dolfines in the adaptation and industrialisation of a Mobile XXL version of the Offshore Heavy Maintenance Enabler (OHME) lifting system.
The solution will be capable of installing offshore wind components weighing between 800 and 1,000 tonnes, meeting the logistical demands of modernised power generation projects – which are usually between 15 to 20 MW in size. With ring cranes usually tasked with these sorts of projects, the technology intends to offer up both a higher performance and more flexibility during operations.
Signing a 10-year cooperation agreement, Geodis will have exclusive rights to market the Mobile XXL OHME system across various strategic markets in Europe. Dolfines will maintain intellectual property rights and patents for the technology, with Geodis involved in the commercial development of future contracts.
“In a context marked by the complexity of assembly operations and a scarcity of suitable equipment, we identified the potential of the OHME port tool developed by Dolfines. It offers a viable, scalable, and sustainable solution to meet the logistical challenges of the new generation of wind turbines,” said Nicolas Bonnier, global manager offshore wind solution, project logistics at Geodis.
Geodis’ engineering teams are already working on the design of the Mobile XXL version.
Geodis has been busy as of late, having added both Hervé Cornède and Jean-Benoît Devauges to its management board – with the latter also joining the company’s executive board
