DEME wins German offshore wind terminal contract

Belgium-based marine contractor and one of the largest dredging groups, DEME, has won a contract to build an offshore wind terminal in the Port of Cuxhaven in Germany. 

The terminal will boost Cuxhaven’s position as a key offshore industrial hub to support handling heavy-duty loads, particularly components for offshore wind farms.

Operated by Niedersachsen Ports (NPorts), the expanded offshore wind terminal will consist of three berths and 1,250 m of quay wall for heavy loads, as well as a storage area of 38 hectares.

As part of a consortium, which includes German civil marine construction companies Depenbrock and TAGU, DEME will carry out the dredging and land reclamation works, with a total volume of more than 3m cu m expected to be reclaimed. Two trailing suction hopper dredgers, backhoe dredger and several barges will be deployed.

DEME and its consortium partners previously delivered the neighbouring berths directly east and west of the current project site. The company had also used Cuxhaven as the base port during the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm construction. 

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