DEME Bags Contract for Offshore Wind Terminal in Cuxhaven

November 28, 2024, by Adnan Memija

Belgium-headquartered DEME has won a contract for the construction of a new offshore wind terminal at the Port of Cuxhaven in Germany.

As part of a consortium, including Depenbrock and TAGU, DEME will carry out the dredging and land reclamation works, with a total volume of more than 3 million m³ expected to be reclaimed.

Two trailing suction hopper dredgers, a backhoe dredger, and several barges will be deployed for the project, DEME said.

The project is planned to start in early 2025 and is expected to take three and a half years.

“Construction of the expanded terminal requires an innovative technical approach. 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,” said Lutz Dröge, Area Manager Germany.

Operated by Niedersachsen Ports (NPorts), the expanded offshore wind terminal will consist of three (5-7) berths and 1,250 metres of quay for heavy loads and a storage area of 38 hectares.

Previously, DEME and its consortium partners delivered the neighbouring berths 8 (2008-2009) and 4 (2016-2019), located east and west of the current project site.

Additionally, DEME used Cuxhaven as the base port during the construction of the 450 MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm.

In terms of other recent news coming from DEME, the Belgian company was also awarded a contract in October for the transportation and installation of inter-array cables and secondary steel at the 800 MW OranjeWind offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, being developed by RWE and TotalEnergies.