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First installation vessel arrived in Bremerhaven

After about 60 days on the high seas and having traveled roughly 27,000 kilometres, the first of the two construction vessels, Victoria Mathias, has arrived in Bremerhaven. You can find pictures from the arrival here.

Precision work on the high seas

Construction vessel For the logistics demand of offshore wind farms RWE Innogy operates two special installation vessels. They will overcome one of the most important supply bottlenecks RWE Innogy faces in the construction of wind farms at sea.

The vessels are able to transport and install up to four of the largest available offshore wind turbines including foundations. Featuring satellite control, these ships can be fixed with centimetre-precision for construction work at sea and operate in water depths of more than 40 metres. The first two vessels are intended to be completed in 2011.

With a length of 100 metres and a width of 40 metres, the vessels will be counted among the major installation vessels worldwide. One of them is built for the construction of the wind farms in the German part of the North Sea. Of the Welsh coast, the other vessel will be needed for the construction of an offshore wind farm to be called "Gwynt y Môr". The order value per vessel is approx. EUR 100 million.