Boskalis subsidiary VBMS signs Preferred Supplier Agreement for Triton Knoll OWF
25 September 2017 - 4:45PM
Papendrecht, 25 September 2017
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis)
subsidiary VBMS has signed a Preferred Supplier and Early Works
Agreement for the supply and installation of the export and
inter-array cables for the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm (OWF),
UK. The project will be executed in consortium with NKT Cables.
The likely contract value for Boskalis is
estimated to be approximately EUR 80 million and the
award is subject to financial close, expected to take place in Q2
2018. The project scope includes two 50-kilometer long export
cables and ninety-seven (97) 66kV inter-array cables which will be
installed with two own cable laying vessels. The project execution
is scheduled for 2020.
Triton Knoll offshore wind farm is being developed
by Innogy Renewables UK Ltd and Statkraft AS and located 32
kilometers off the coast of Lincolnshire and 50 kilometers from the
coast of north Norfolk. Triton Knoll OWF will be one of the most
cost effective wind energy projects in UK waters with 90 turbines
providing sustainable renewable energy to over 800,000 homes in the
UK.
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 closely related
to the development of generating renewable energy due to climate
change and increasing energy consumption.
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 harbor towage and terminal
services (Kotug Smit Towage, Keppel Smit Towage, Saam Smit Towage
and Smit Lamnalco). With a versatile fleet of more than 900 vessels
and floating equipment and 11,700 employees, including associated
companies, Boskalis operates in 90 countries across six
continents.
This press release can also be found on our
website www.boskalis.com.
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