b'JANuARy 25 - FebRuARy 7, 2021project cargo bi-annual 13(FACILITYcontinued(STOPcontinued from from page 4) page 11)considerable volumes of con- willtransitfromturbineto tainersviarailbecomesallturbine to perform construc-the more important. tion activities without violat-To further accommodateing the Jones Act.larger vessels, the $1 billionVineyardWind,which Savannah Harbor Expansionisdevelopingan84-turbine Project is moving toward lateprojectoffshoreMassachu-2021completion,tobringsetts, is taking a slightly dif-entire channel depth to 47 feetferent approach towards Jones from 42 feet. Also, the GPAAct compliance. Foundations isadvancinganewSavan- andoffshoresubstationsfor nahContainerTerminaltotheproject,manufacturedin be built on a 400-acre site onEurope, will not be landing in HutchisonIslandalongtheany U.S. port, according to the Savannah River channel, andcompanys deputy CEO, Alan longer-term plans call for fur- Hannah. Instead, they will be ther deepwater containerporttransferred across the Atlantic development. directlytotheoffshoresite, where they will be lifted from thetransportationvesseland (FIRSTcontinued fromonto an installation barge.page 11) Turbines,towers,and that partnership into onshorenacelles will be delivered to a windpower.TheHaystackNewBedford,Massachusetts, projectwillprovidecleanstaging area for preparation, energy to nearly 85,000 aver- after which U.S.-flagged jack-age U.S. homes, said Shan- up vessels will deliver them non Sturgil, CEO of Onshoreto two foreign installation ves- Tthe first Jones Act-compliant offshore wind-turbine installation vessel, currently being constructed NorthAmericaatSiemenssels offshore. by Keppel AmFeLS at its brownsville, TX, shipyard.GamesaRenewableEnergy. Weachievedanimportant milestoneoverthesummer with the Coastal Virginia Off- LIBERTY GLOBAL LOGISTICS llcshore Pilot Project and we are thrilledtoaddHaystackto our list of firsts. The SG 5.0-145 wind tur- SIMPLIFYING YOUR OCEAN TRANSPORTATIONbine from Siemens Gamesa, to be used at the Haystack project, has proven to be a very success-ful product in the U.S. Its new state-of-the-artcontrolsystem andenhancedbladeaerody-namics optimize power genera-tion. Thanks to its OptimaFlex technology,thewindturbine also features a flexible power rating ranging between 4.0 and 5.0MW,therebyprovidinga uniquely tailored solution that fitsthespecificconditionsof each site. The turbine features a modular design for increased mechanical capacity and opti-mal adaptation to logistics and constructionrequirements, providinggreaterefficiency andlowerlevelizedcostof energy (LCoE). The Coastal Virginia Off-shore Wind pilot project, which cameonlinethissummer,is owned by Dominion Energy and rsted is EPC contractor on the project. It is the first offshore wind project in U.S. Federalwatersandthefirst offshore wind project in the U.S.forSiemensGamesa, located approx. 27 miles/43.5 km offshore. Together, Siemens Gamesa and Orsted have installed over 1,300offshorewindturbines. Thisorderevidencesconfi-denceinSiemensGamesas technology and service. In total, Siemens Gamesa hasinstalledmorethan23 GWintheU.S.andhasa strong U.S. footprint consist-ing of manufacturing, service andoffices.Withnearly72CONTACT US AT:Ports of call - Beaumont, Freeport, Jacksonville, Baltimore, GWunderserviceglobally,Phone: 516-488-8800 Wilmington, Livorno, Beirut, Aqaba, Jeddah, Jebel Ali, Abu including more than 10 GWWebsite: www.LibertyGL.com Dhabi, Hamad Kuwait, Dammam, Karachiofmultibrandturbines,Sie-mens Gamesa is a leading ser- For Rate Quotes: [email protected] Transshipment - Mersin, Alexandria, Bahrain, Mumbai,Rates: [email protected] Bookings: [email protected]: lglbookings@libertymarvice provider in the industrycom Abu Dhabi, Doha, Sohar'