The contract, which will come into effect in May, will cover logistics operations for services for the BorWin 2, HelWin 1, HelWin 2 and SylWin 1 offshore converter platforms to include spare parts, consumables and provisions.
This will include the acceptance, storage and picking of a wide variety of goods, loading and unloading of vessels and providing pick-up and final delivery runs.
From May, the platform supplier vessels will also dock at Cuxhaven each month and Cuxport will handle the clearance for these ships too.
The BorWin 2 and HelWin1 converter platforms have been collecting the alternating current generated by the offshore windfarms near Borkum and Helgoland for several weeks, converting it into direct current and transferring it ashore via marine cables.
The HelWin 2 and SylWin 1 platforms are also due to start operation in the near future.
By Anne-Marie Causer
