Great Britain is the world’s premier pioneer when it comes to offshore wind energy. In the North Sea, in the Irish Sea and in the English Channel there are several zones designated for the installation of offshore wind farms.
In the third round of site allocations alone, so-called Round 3 of the UK’s Offshore Wind Programme, wind turbines with a total generation capacity of 32.2 gigawatts are to be installed by the year 2020. As a consequence, a number of British ports are currently gearing up to tackle the related challenges.
For BLG Logistics as a logistics specialist with international operations Great Britain is, aside from Germany, France and the USA, an interesting market in which BLG can score points with innovative concepts developed by BLG WindEnergy Logistics. “Based on our experience, which we gained in setting up the first wind farms in the German North Sea, such as the Global Tech 1 wind farm, we can provide the British with effective support. Apart from our logistics concepts and suitable equipment, we also have specially trained personnel that can be assigned worldwide,” states Ferdinand Möhring, BLG Managing Director. Against this backdrop, a cooperation agreement has now been concluded with the Port of Sunderland. The aim of the agreement is to jointly create an effective conditional framework for the offshore sector through suitable port infrastructure and optimized logistics solutions.
