Seajacks International’s Japanese subsidiary has confirmed the award of a contract with Kajima Corporation for the transport and installation of foundations at the Akita Port and Noshiro Port offshore wind farm in Japan.
The 139MW project is being developed by Akita Offshore Wind Corporation and will consist of 33 MHI Vestas V117-4.2MW turbines.
Seajacks will mobilise the Seajacks Zaratan vessel (pictured) to execute the foundations installation contract, which was first reported in the subscriber-only newsletter reNEWS.
Installation is scheduled to start in 2021.
This will be the first installation project for Seajacks in Japan and a second for Seajacks Zaratan in Asia following on from the Formosa 1 phase 2 project in Taiwan.
Seajacks chief executive Blair Ainslie said: “We are delighted to have secured our first contract in Japan.
“It is a very exciting time for offshore wind in Japan and we are extremely pleased to be playing a part in delivering the countries first fixed bottom commercial scale wind farm.
“We look forward to continuing to work closely with Kajima Corporation to deliver a successful project.
“Zaratan has a proven foundation installation track record having executed similar operations elsewhere in Europe.
“We will be bringing trusted equipment and expertise to Japan to help them build the first of many offshore wind projects in the country.
“This contract is an important milestone for Seajacks as it opens another new market for us and more importantly allows us to support our main shareholder Marubeni with their project.”