Boskalis secures contract award for in excess of EUR 100 million for Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm project
July 22 2016 - 1:00AM
Papendrecht, 22 July 2016
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V.
(Boskalis) has been awarded the Offshore Balance of Plant contract
by Vattenfall for the construction of Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm,
also known as the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre.
Following the announcement on 29 June stating that Boskalis was the
preferred contractor, the contract has now been formally
awarded.
The project will consist of
eleven wind turbines with a capacity of 92.4 MW. The contract
includes all offshore elements of the wind farm, with the exception
of the wind turbine supply. The contract carries a value for
Boskalis of well in excess of EUR 100 million.
Aberdeen Offshore Windfarm is located
approximately 3 kilometers off the coast of Aberdeen, United
Kingdom. The scope of the activities for Boskalis includes the
design, procurement, fabrication, supply, transportation and
installation of eleven suction bucket jacket foundations and scour
protection, the procurement, supply, transportation and
installation of 66kV inter array and export cables by Boskalis
subsidiary VBMS and the provision of the wind turbine
transportation and installation vessel.
The use of suction bucket jacket foundations in
conjunction with the large wind turbines and the use of high
capacity 66kV power cables makes this project unique.
The offshore project execution is scheduled to
commence in September 2017. The foundations and cables will be
transported and installed with own assets including a fallpipe
vessel, transport barges, a large floating sheerleg crane and a
cable laying vessel. The installation of the wind turbines will be
carried out with an installation vessel supplied by Boskalis.
Completion of the project is expected in the second quarter of
2018.
Boskalis' strategy is aimed at benefitting from
key macro-economic factors which drive worldwide demand in our
markets: expansion of the global economy, increase in energy
consumption, global population growth and the challenges that go
hand in hand with climate change. This project is related to the
development of generating renewable energy due to climate change
and increasing energy consumption.
For further information
Investor relations:
Martijn L.D. Schuttevâer
ir@boskalis.com
Press:
Arno Schikker
press@boskalis.com
T +31 78 6969310
Royal Boskalis
Westminster N.V. is a leading global services provider operating in
the dredging, maritime infrastructure and maritime services
sectors. The company provides creative and innovative all-round
solutions to infrastructural challenges in the maritime, coastal
and delta regions of the world with services including the
construction and maintenance of ports and waterways, land
reclamation, coastal defense and riverbank protection. In addition,
Boskalis offers a wide variety of marine services and contracting
for the oil and gas sector and offshore wind industry as well as
salvage solutions (SMIT Salvage). Furthermore, Boskalis has a
number of strategic partnerships in harbour towage and terminal
services (KOTUG SMIT Towage, Keppel Smit Towage, Saam Smit Towage
and Smit Lamnalco). With a versatile fleet of 1,000 units Boskalis
operates in around 75 countries across six continents. Boskalis has
over 8,200 employees, excluding its share in
partnerships.
This press release can also be found on our
website www.boskalis.com.
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