Boskalis reported that its construction support vessel BOKA Falcon has completed the first phase of work on the Baltica 2 project in Poland.
The vessel was fitted with a large T-rex plough to remove boulders from the seabed along the planned export and inter-array cable routes of the offshore wind farm.
The operation required the removal of hundreds of boulders over the past few months. Before cable installation begins, the BOKA Falcon is expected to return to the route equipped with a different tool, the Megalodon. Unlike the dragged T-rex plough, the Megalodon is designed for trenching and is capable of digging up to two meters into the seabed to loosen sand and form a trench for future cable installation and burial.
The trenching work is scheduled for next year, together with dredging activities Boskalis plans to conduct in the offshore wind farm area. The company intends to deploy both a trailing suction hopper dredger and a backhoe dredger to remove sand dunes and prepare pits for installation vessels working on Baltica 2.
Boskalis is a Dutch publicly traded dredging and marine services company formally known as Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster N.V. It operates globally in maritime infrastructure, offshore energy services, and salvage activities.
