Peterson Energy Logistics has secured a contract to provide a fully integrated logistics solution for the Sofia Offshore Wind Farm project through its client GE Vernova. Peterson’s teams in the Netherlands and the UK will manage vital elements of the project over a period of 18 months.

The contract scope includes cargo runs, stevedoring, helicopter planning and chartering, warehousing, materials management, customs formalities, and the provision of key personnel in support of the installation of the Sofia Offshore Converter Platform.

The project will be the first offshore wind farm in UK waters to use shared cargo runs from the Netherlands. This will improve operational efficiency, lower costs, and promote sustainability. This model has already been applied to the Hollandse Kust North, South, and West projects offshore the Netherlands. Peterson have already commenced its work following the installation of the jacket and topside.

“Our integrated logistics services have realised efficiencies for clients throughout the energy sectors over the past 50 years and we are increasingly applying this expertise and insight to the renewables space as we move through the energy transition. The ability to provide the full scope of offshore logistics services from both the UK and the Netherlands gives our client maximum flexibility,” Steef Ritzema, Managing Director of Netherlands at Peterson, said.

The RWE Sofia Offshore Wind Farm is located 195km off the UK east coast and will have the capacity to produce 1400MW. It is part of the Dogger Bank offshore wind project, which will be the world’s largest wind farm.

From its site in Den Helder, Peterson currently provides helicopter logistics services for the installation vessel that is installing the 100 turbines feeding into the offshore converter platform at the site. Peterson also provides facilities management services at the onshore converter station for the Dogger Bank C and Sofia wind farms based at Lazenby.

“Our logistics model is efficient, sustainable, expert, innovative, and, most importantly, replicable by Peterson for existing and new clients in the offshore wind sector in the Southern and Northern North Sea,” Jason Hendry, Managing Director UK at Peterson, said.

Den Helder will be the hub for the helicopter chartering and planning, with aviation services also being provided from Humberside Airport.