Fugro

Fugro was employed to support unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk management activities associated with the Borssele wind farm zone, with work focused on identifying UXO along the cable routes forming the grid connection between the offshore platforms and the onshore substation at Borssele in the Netherlands. This scope sits within the pre-construction and construction-enabling activities required to de-risk subsea installation works and protect personnel, vessels, and assets. The referenced scope indicated that Fugro’s involvement related to UXO identification along the export cable corridor serving the Borssele grid connection. In practice, this type of work typically involves acquisition and interpretation of geophysical survey data (for example magnetometer and other route survey techniques) to detect and classify anomalies consistent with UXO or other ferrous seabed objects, enabling subsequent decision-making on avoidance, further investigation, or clearance by specialist EOD contractors. The engagement was explicitly linked to the Borssele zone grid connection infrastructure that connects the offshore platforms to the onshore substation, and therefore supported safe and compliant delivery of the electrical connection enabling power export from Borssele Sites I & II.