CASE STUDY PORT OF LOWESTOFT NEW FACILITY TO SERVE OFFSHORE WIND FARMS The offshore wind farm sector continued to see strong growth in 2011, with the relatively shallow North Sea seen as a prime area for development. One result of the inflows of investment taking place was that Walcon won two contracts that year on the east coast of England to design and build berthing facilities for vessels servicing the wind farms. These are located at Wells-next-the-sea and Lowestoft. The facility at Lowestoft was ordered by ABP Ipswich, part of the UK’s largest owner and operator of commercial ports. Lowestoft is the UK’s most easterly port and an important hub for the offshore services sector. The location of the wind farm berthing facility is within an existing internal harbour protect

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