The Port of Argentia has signed what’s being called a “significant” contract to support the development of clean energy projects in the northeastern United States.
Argentia is the first Marshalling Port in all of North America.
Port CEO Scott Penney says the work will generate up to $65-million in new contracts for stevedoring, land preparation, heavy ground transport, security and other services within the port, creating up to 20 new jobs on site.
The port will start receiving huge monopoles, which are the structures on which offshore wind turbines will be attached, next year.
Penney says the scope of the work is huge and is just the beginning of a number of major projects to come.
In the meantime, they have a huge amount of civil work that must take place prior to the arrival of the first vessel in May.
He says new roads will be constructed, all overhead wires will need to be buried because the structures are so high, a move that will give them a “significant competitive advantage.” Penney says certain buildings will also need to be taken down to allow for the structures to be offloaded, brought to the road and then the runway.
A new chapter in Newfoundland & Labrador’s energy sector.
And it’s big. https://t.co/YbOU63q5lN
— Seamus O'Regan Jr (@SeamusORegan) August 10, 2022
