WINdQUAY - Infrastructure Upgrades at Buss Terminal Eemshaven funded by CINEA

The WINdQUAY project is undertaken by Buss Terminal Eemshaven (BTE) together with Groningen Seaports (GSP), funded by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA). It aims to expand the capacity of BTE to service the growing demand of the offshore wind energy sector in the North Sea by expanding the infrastructural capacities of the terminal. 

To achieve this target, BTE and GSP will strengthen a quay area and improve the soil conditions in front of this quay to enable jack-up installation vessels to berth in a close proximity to the quay. The capacity of the quay area will be increased from currently 6 to/m² to a capacity of 40 to/m². 

Buss Terminal Eemshaven & Affiliates

The Buss Terminal Eemshaven B.V. is a sophisticated multipurpose terminal in Eemshaven, the Neth-erlands with a significant track record of successfully executed projects. Its direct access to the North Sea and vicinity to many offshore wind farms makes it the optimal base harbour for offshore wind installation and service projects. 

Buss Offshore Solutions GmbH & Co. KG is a project management and logistics planning company based in Hamburg. It is part of the Buss Group which was founded in 1920. The BOS team are experts in logistics, specialised in planning, execution and mentoring of offshore wind projects. BOS supports BTE with project planning, contract - and execution management.

Groningen Seaports (GSP) is the owner and landlord of the majority of the terminal premisses of BTE including the quay wall. GSP has undertaken previous work to expand Eemshaven as a major energy port in the Nether-lands and is therefore the ideal partner for BUSS to ensure the success of this project. 

Around a third of all energy that is produced in the Netherlands comes from Eemshaven. With an in-stalled capacity of 8,000 MW Eemshaven is known as an energy port. Currently the port plays a prom-inent role in the development of wind farms at sea during their construction and the subsequent maintenance of the wind turbines. 
Eemshaven has also played a prominent role in the project NortH2 an international consortium that is jointly investigating the feasibility of large-scale production, storage and transmission of green hydrogen.