Offshore wind port

A2SEA ships at Esbjerg offshore wind port

An offshore wind port describes several distinct types of port facilities that are used to support manufacturing, construction and operation of an offshore wind power project. Offshore wind turbine components are larger than onshore wind components. Handling of such large components requires special equipment. Transporting of components between manufacturing and assembling facilities is to be minimized. As a result, a number of offshore wind port facilities have been built in areas with a high concentration of offshore wind developments.[1] For large offshore wind farm projects, some offshore wind ports have become strategic hubs of the industry's supply chain.[2]

The Port of Esbjerg in Denmark is considered the world's largest offshore wind port.[3][4]

  1. ^ Supply chain, port infrastructure and logistics study for offshore wind farm development in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu (PDF). June 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  2. ^ U.S. Offshore Wind Port Readiness (PDF). Garrad Hassan America. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  3. ^ Annual report Port of Esbjerg 2018 (PDF). 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Components for 4,000 offshore wind turbines pass through Port of Esbjerg". Project Cargo Journal.