GE Vernova will use Scotland’s Port of Nigg for the next stage of turbine logistics at the Dogger Bank offshore wind project under a new arrangement with Maraen.
The port in the Scottish Highlands will store and prepare Haliade-X turbine components before they are loaded onto installation vessels for delivery to the Dogger Bank site in the North Sea.
For Dogger Bank A and the early phase of Dogger Bank B, GE Vernova used Able Seaton Port in Hartlepool as its marshaling base. The move to Port of Nigg brings the work to a facility with deep-water quays, large laydown areas and heavy ground loading capacity.
Port of Nigg was acquired in 2025 by Mitsui & Co. and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL). It is operated by Maraen as part of the UK’s offshore energy and Green Freeport infrastructure network.
Dogger Bank is being developed off England’s coast in three 1.2 GW phases by SSE, Equinor and Vårgrønn. The full 3.6 GW project is expected to become the world’s largest offshore wind farm.
All turbines have been installed at Dogger Bank A, while the first units are now in place at Dogger Bank B. Earlier project information said installation at Dogger Bank B would continue until around the second quarter of 2027.
Dogger Bank A and B will each include 95 Haliade-X 13 MW turbines. Dogger Bank C will use 87 Haliade-X 14 MW turbines.
