Innogy has contracted UK outfit James Fisher Marine Services to clear the seabed before offshore construction gets underway later this year at the 860MW Triton Knoll wind farm off the coast of Lincolnshire in England.
James Fisher’s work scope will involve the investigation and removal of unexploded ordnance and boulders across the project’s 145 kilometre-square offshore construction site, Innogy said.
Multiple assets will be deployed by James Fisher to complete the job, which will start later this spring.
Vessels will work out of several ports on the east coast of the UK including Grimsby, where James Fisher has recently set up a new offshore base.
Triton Knoll project director Julian Garnsey (pictured, right) said the award “demonstrates the genuine commitment of the offshore industry to deliver even greater investment into coastal communities and businesses”.
James Fisher executive director Fergus Graham (pictured, left) said: “Both our latest expansion in Grimsby and the award from Triton Knoll represent James Fisher’s commitment to the renewables industry.”
Boskalis will start landfall work at the project later this month.
Full offshore construction will begin in early 2020 when Seaway Heavy Lifting will install the first of the projects monopile foundations, which are made by a Sif-Smulders JV.