Port of Argentia Lands Deal to Handle Turbine Blades for US East Coast Offshore Wind Farms

September 19, 2024, by Adnan Memija

The Canadian Port of Argentia has secured a contract to receive and store wind turbine blades that eventually will be transported and installed at offshore wind farms along the eastern coast of the US.

The arrangement with Scan Global Logistics, a global transportation and logistics company headquartered in Denmark, will see 220 wind turbine blades arrive via heavy transport vessels at Argentia, beginning this fall and continuing into 2025.

Vessels will then collect and deliver the blades for installation at wind farms off the Eastern Seaboard of the US.

The port has entered into a lease and services agreement for marshalling and security services utilising a 12-hectare bonded yard at Argentia.

“Capitalizing on our place as North America’s first monopile marshalling port, we’re now positioned to further expand our capabilities by securing a contract to store and marshall 220 offshore wind turbine blades“, said Scott Penney, CEO of Port of Argentia.

“The addition of wind turbine blades demonstrates our unique storage capacity and adds to our portfolio of offshore wind projects. This new contract further cements the Port’s critical role as a US offshore wind marshalling port.”

Formerly the site of a US Naval Base, Argentia is being redeveloped with a diverse group of port users and tenants providing support services to various sectors such as marine transportation, renewable energy, aquaculture, offshore oil, and mining.

Utilising its existing infrastructure and vast land assets, the port has dedicated over 70 hectares of paved runways, within two kilometres of quayside, to monopile marshalling.

In March 2023, the Port of Argentia secured a major contract to offload and marshall monopiles that are to be installed off the East Coast of the US.