b'6American Journal ofTransportation ajot.com(SHORTAGEcontinuedwind installation vessel that, from page 4) it says, will make the installa-from 11 vessel years in 2021tion of bottom-fixed offshore to almost 79 vessel years bywindturbinesupto30% 2030. The need for installa- fasterthantheconventional tion vessels for turbines largerjack-upmethod.Maersk than 9 megawatts, which wasSupplys plan is to have the nonexistentin2019,willinstallationvesselstationed grow significantly by the endpermanentlyatawindfarm ofthedecadeandreach62to carry out successive instal-vessel years in 2030. lations,whiletwonew-built The turbines at both Horn- tugs and barges will ferry the sea 3 and the Nordseeclusterturbinecomponentstothe will be installed by Havframinstallation site. Construction Wind, an offshore wind con- on the first such vessel began struction company headquar- late last year and is expected tered in Oslo, which will, into be delivered in 2025.both cases, be using a newlyThefactthattheinstal-builtNG20000XJack-Uplation vessel stays on-site for WindTurbineInstallationassembly, while the tugs and vessel with a 3,250-ton crane.barges shuttle back and forth Port of Bremerhavens auto terminal The NG20000X has the capa- with the turbine components, bilityofinstallingoffshoreisthekeytotheefficiency windturbineswitharotorthat the Maersk Supply design Bremens Neustadt port aggressivelydiameter of nearly 1,000 feet,ispromoting,accordingto as well as monopiles weigh- JonasMunchAgerskov,the pushes breakbulk cargo trafficing up to 3,000 tons at watercompanyschiefcommercial depths of up to 230 feet.officer. The new feeder solu-PatrickHarnett,avicetionequipsMaerskSupply By Manik Mehta, AJOTpresident at rsted, the Horn- Servicewithamethodology sea 3 project developer, saidthat ensures a radically more BremenInvest,theinvestmentandbusi- mobiles, project cargo, and hazardous goods.thatuseoftheNG20000Xefficient installation, he said, ness promoting agency of the North GermanThe Port of Bremerhaven handles about 80%brings a cutting-edge vesselwhichwill,inturn,enable city of Bremen, touts Bremens portsa clusterof the cargo, including containers. to the offshore wind market. developerstoreleasetheir of ports in Bremen and Bremerhaven togetherAfter Antwerp, Bremen is the second mostsupplychainsmorequickly make up Bremenports - as the regions engineimportant transshipment hub in Europe for for- M aeRSkS upplyS eRViCeS and lead to faster revenue gen-for trade and industry, creating thousands ofestry products, steel products and machinery.MaerskSupplyService,eration from their wind farms. jobsinthehandlingofships,transportandBremens Neustadt port is home to EuropeswhichhasthecontracttoAll of this will contribute to transshipment of goods, repairs, logistics andlargest terminal for breakbulk and heavy-liftinstall the turbines for Empirebringingdownthecostsof other services. The two ports handle a widecargo, providing more than a million squareWind, has designed and com- (SHORTAGEcontinued range of cargo: containers, bulk goods, auto- (PUSHEScontinued on page 8) missioned a new and patentedon page 30)'