Fugro has won a multi-year contract from Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) for site investigations at offshore wind development areas in the German North Sea.
The job will be completed in three parts divided over the next three years.
Work will include data acquisition from multiple geotechnical drilling and seabed testing vessels, followed by laboratory testing and reporting by its German and UK laboratories.
Fugro said the contract has a “significant value”, but did not give an exact figure.
The company said it is currently mobilising for the first phase with a target start date of the end of May, starting with seabed cone penetration testing with its Seacalf Mk-V Deepdrive system (pictured).
This will be followed by the drilling of the boreholes with downhole CPT testing, sampling and geophysical logging from dedicated geotechnical vessels.
The laboratory testing results will be used by future developers to prepare bids for wind farms.
Fugro group director Europe and Africa Erik Jan Bijvank said: “This contract, which showcases our innovative services for the development of offshore windfarms, highlights the role that Fugro plays in the energy transition.
“Our track record in providing reliable geotechnical data to various governments in advance of developers’ bidding rounds has certainly helped in winning this project.
“We are excited to contribute to the further development of the renewables industry in Germany.”