Outer Harbour News

The Outer Harbour & Sheringham Shoal has a visitor
Thr 6 Oct 2011
John Craven and BBC's Countryfile visit the Sheringham Shoal wind farm and the Outer Harbour... More...
Foundation installation complete at Sheringham Shoal
Wed 24 Aug 2011
All 90 foundations for the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind
Farm are now in place..... More... 		All 90 foundations for the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm are now in place.
First turbine installed at Sheringham Shoal……
Mon 4 Jul 2011
The GMS Endeavour has successfully installed the first turbine on the Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm. More...
High demand for Feeder Vessel and Transport
Tue 14 Jun 2011
There is daily demand for the feeder vessel "Frank-T" and the transport service provided by Wells Harbour Commissioners..... More...
Triton Knoll proposed wind farm development
Mon 13 Jun 2011
Regarding the proposed Triton Knoll wind farm .... More...
Official naming of the Frank-T
Tue 3 May 2011
The official naming of the feeder vessel "Frank-T" took place on 29th April... More... Harbour Master Robert Smith
WHC INITIATIVE CONTRIBUTES TO INCREASED EMPLOYMENT
Mon 11 Apr 2011
WELLS HARBOUR INITIATIVE WITH WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT
CONTRIBUTES TO INCREASED EMPLOYMENT IN THE WELLS AREA ..... More...
Arrival of the "Frank-T"
Thr 27 Jan 2011
The "Frank-T", the new feeder vessel arrives home.... More...
Wildlife at the Outer Harbour
Mon 23 Aug 2010
Visitors to the Outer Harbour have included more than boats from the wind farm and holidaymakers enjoying the swimming area.... More... Ringed Plover on its nest. Photo by www.garyksmithphotography.co.uk
Construction work on Outer Harbour completed
Tue 16 Feb 2010
The construction work, comprising a jetty and 150m of pontoons, at Buxton’s Bight on the new Outer Harbour has now completed... More...
New dredger for channel works arrives in Wells
Fri 2 Oct 2009
The new dredger for the channel works project has arrived in Wells. Built by Goodchild Marine of Great Yarmouth, the 24m 200-ton Kari Hege is a motorised barge supporting a purpose-built JCB excavator with a large 21m reach.... More... Kari Hege turning in the quay
Channel Project Receives Approval from Marine and Fisheries
Wed 16 Sep 2009
In a letter dated 14 September, the Government's Marine and Fisheries Agency (MFA) has given the go ahead for the proposal by Wells Harbour Commissioners to dredge some stretches of the outer channel to one metre depth in order to increase the time boats can safely access Wells Harbour. More...

Documents and downloads

Adobe PDF document Consent Covering Letter
Covering letter for consent for works to proceed
16 Sep 2009 12:00
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Adobe PDF document EIA Consent Decision
Decision about windfarm works consent
4 Feb 2010 14:17
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Adobe PDF document Scoping Report
Scoping report for windfarm works at Wells Harbour (20Mb file)
27 Oct 2008 12:00
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New facilities in Wells Harbour to accommodate vessels for the renewables sector

Wells Harbour has been chosen as the base for survey, crew and work boats supporting construction and future operation of the new Sheringham Shoal offshore windfarm. The town and port are likely to play a similar part in the development and operation of other new windfarms being planned for the southern North sea.

Following trials in 2008, work began in earnest late in 2009 to accommodate this new activity in the port. The harbour entrance channel has been deepened to extend the times that small-draft workboats for windfarm workers and crews can enter and leave the harbour, in particular for morning and early evening entrance on neap tides. The deepened channel runs from No 1 and 2 to just east of the lifeboat house. The new Outer Harbour with 165m of shore accessed pontoon berths with all associated services, including fuel, fresh water and electricity, started operating in 2010.