Mammoet to marshall XXL monopiles for Nordseecluster A and Thor OWFS in Eemshaven

Heavy transport specialist Mammoet has signed a contract with Buss Ports to marshal XXL monopile foundations for the two large offshore wind farm projects Nordseecluster A (Germany) and Thor (Denmark) at Buss Terminal Eemshaven in the Netherlands.

The 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 (A & B). Thor, with a planned capacity of more than 1 GW to power more than one million homes, is Denmark’s largest to date.

Mammoet will manage the phased load-in, temporary storage and load-out of 116 XXL monopiles for both wind farm projects over the course of a year on site in Eemshaven. The largest foundations will weigh around 1,700 tonnes and measure 96 meters in length. The first batches of monopiles started to arrive in Eemshaven later October this year.

The monopiles will be offloaded onto the quay using a RoRo linkspan ramp and transported using Self-Propelled Modular Transporters (SPMTs) fitted with saddles.

The SPMT 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.” – Wouter Santen, Project Manager at Mammoet

Source: Mammoet

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