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Port of Argentia Completes Monopile Transit Route
Argentia, NL – 14 July 2023
Port of Argentia held a ribbon cutting ceremony today to mark the official opening of the monopile transit route, completed in advance of the arrival at Argentia of large (110-meter and longer) wind turbine foundations (called monopiles) destined for installation at offshore wind farms off the east coast of the United States. Upon arrival of the first 4 monopiles in early August, Argentia will have the distinction of being North America’s first monopile marshalling yard in support of the US offshore wind energy sector.
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Heavy transport vessels will arrive from Europe throughout 2023-2025 and, from dockside, monopiles will be transported to and from a bonded storage marshalling yard on the former U.S. naval air station runways in the Argentia Northside Industrial Area, by self propelled modular transporters (SPMTs).
Port VP Strategy & Growth Chris Newhook states, “This significant milestone caps off months of infrastructure improvements, including road widening and compaction, upgrades to quayside bearing capacity, utility lines relocation, and creation of 3-acres of new laydown lands adjacent to docking facilities, bringing total quayside laydown to 15 acres. These key Port infrastructure investments will continue to position Argentia as a strategic location to capture other oversized transport and storage projects in the renewable energy and other industrial sectors for generations to come”.
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For additional information, please contact:
Ray Greene
Manager, Business Development & Marketing
Port of Argentia
Phone: 709-227-5502, ext. 209
Email: [email protected]