DEME has been awarded a contract1 for the construction of an offshore wind terminal in the Port of Cuxhaven on Germany's North Sea coast. The terminal will support the handling of heavy-duty loads, particularly components for offshore wind farms.
Operated by Niedersachsen Ports, the expanded offshore wind terminal will consist of three berths and 1,250 metres of quay wall for heavy loads, as well as a storage area of 38 hectares.
As part of a consortium, which also includes civil marine construction companies Depenbrock and TAGU, DEME will carry out the dredging and land reclamation works, with a total volume of more than three million cubic metres to be reclaimed. Two trailing suction hopper dredgers, a backhoe dredger, and several barges will be deployed as part of the project.
DEME and its consortium partners previously delivered the neighbouring berths eight and four, located directly east and west of the current project site. Additionally, DEME used Cuxhaven as the base port during the construction of the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm.
The project will start in early 2025 and is scheduled to be completed within 3.5 years. Upon completion, the terminal will play a key role in further advancing the energy transition in the North Sea region and the German government's wind energy expansion targets.