Posted on December 2, 2024
Associated British Ports (ABP) has confirmed the completion of its Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF). The £35 million (US$44 million) infrastructure project has officially been handed over by contractors McLaughlin and Harvey.
Purpose-built to meet the growing demands of the offshore energy industry, LEEF supports operations and maintenance (O&M) activities and construction phase requirements.
LEEF boasts 345 metres of quayside; three 7.5-metre draught, deep-water berths with direct supply of fuel, water and power; six crewboat berths; and up to 2.4 hectares of operational and storage land.
ABP said the facility will also be capable of supporting other seaborne trades, such as aggregate and project cargoes for the civil engineering and nuclear industries.
ABP and shipping agency services provider Clarksons Port Services will further develop LEEF in fulfilment of a memorandum of understanding entered into by the two parties earlier this year.
Julian Walker, Chief Commercial Officer and Regional Director, Wales and Short Sea Ports, said LEEF will build on the vital role the Port of Lowestoft is already playing in offshore wind as the base port for SSE’s Greater Gabbard and SPR’s EA ONE wind farms.
