Port of Den Helder is the pit stop port for logistics services and maintenance for offshore energy on the Southern North Sea. The favourable geographic location, high quality and fast service, extensive logistics infrastructure and the presence of a helicopter airport makes the port unique at the Southern North Sea.
For more than 40 years Port of Den Helder has been the most important offshore operations and maintenance hub for the offshore energy sector. Together with Den Helder Airport we provide high quality and fast services, convenient location and short sailing times to offshore installations. Thanks to facilities and services enabling fast and efficient turnaround times and direct and sheltered access to the North Sea, excellent transport and logistical support can be offered by the numerous offshore services providers in the region. Den Helder is centrally located at the heart of all Oil & Gas activities as well as the Offshore Wind Locations on the North Sea, not only for the Dutch Offshore Energy sector, but also for UK, Danish and German Offshore Energy locations.
OPTIMIZED LOGISTIC SUPPLY CHAIN
The port’s logistics infrastructure and its hinterland connections make the port and its comprehensive technical facilities the home base for a large and growing number of offshore and energy-related companies. A very efficient supply chain for offshore maritime activities has established itself in the North Holland North region, and has become a superbly organised logistics, operations and maintenance hub. For over 40 years this supply chain has developed itself into an efficient value chain with critical companies located in and around Den Helder. This complete supply chain, including knowledge institutes, together with its strategic location and infrastructure, has resulted in many cost efficient logistic operations in the offshore sector reducing operational expenditure.
Today, Port of Den Helder is much more than only an offshore supply base. The port is evolving into a versatile maritime hub that supports the full spectrum of the blue economy. From traditional offshore energy to emerging sustainable industries such as sustainable offshore energy, hydrogen, fisheries and other food industries at sea, maritime innovation, nature development and safety. Safety and security are part of Den Helder’s identity. As home to the Royal Netherlands Navy and numerous maritime service providers, the port forms part of a unique cluster that combines defence, civil maritime operations and offshore logistics. This ecosystem ensures a high level of expertise, resilience and cooperation between public and private partners.
Port of Den Helder is thé Offshore Service and logistic centre at the Southern North Sea in The Netherlands. It is thé central place where the oil & gas offshore sector starts her operations and maintenance. On both a national and international scale, the Port of Den Helder occupies an important position as the offshore supply base from which, on a daily basis, 95% of all production platforms and various drilling rigs in the Dutch sector of the North Sea receive deliveries of supplies. With a daily workforce at sea over 2100 employees, the seaport and airport form a shared hub responsible for transporting all these people to sea. Also activities based on the UK sector of the Southern North Sea are serviced from Port of Den Helder. Not only is it the port with the shortest sailing times to the largest number of platforms on the Dutch Continental Shelf, but it is also the base of operations delivering optimum service to the international offshore industry.
Port of Den Helder, together with Den Helder Airport jointly facilitate the largest offshore hub of the Netherlands. Den Helder is centrally located at the heart of the Offshore Wind Locations in the North Sea, not only for the Dutch wind farms but also for UK, Danish and German Far Large Offshore Wind Farms, providing an ideal Operations & Maintenance base.
Over the years, thanks to an almost unbeatable combination of a port with direct and sheltered access to the North Sea and one of the largest heliports of North-West Europe, Den Helder has succeeded in transforming itself into a leading service and knowledge centre for the offshore energy industry.
At this moment Den Helder becomes an increasingly important centre for operations and maintenance. Oranjewind is the first mover to select Den Helder as the operations base, with the Blue Port Centre serving as the O&M hub for wind farms located off the Dutch coast. Thanks to its strategic location, Den Helder offers the shortest sailing and flying times, play a major role in reducing supply chain costs, ultimately leading to a reduction in the cost of wind energy as well as environmental impact due to reducing transit time.
Many Oil & Gas facilities are nearing the end of their lifetime or are no longer economically profitable. Den Helder has been an established hub for the industry for 40 years and has a vast network of more than 200 supply companies, including specialists in Plug & Abandonment services. At the quays of Port of Den Helder it is also possible to execute a pieces small decommissioning project. (inzet fot van project total/af decom)
In the future a new decommissioning and recycling challenge is awaiting us. The current life-span for offshore windmills is between 15 and 20 years. This means that between now and 10 years, the first offshore windmills need to be fully or partially recycled. This is going to be a very large challenge in which our port will take part in.
