South Fork Wind
Lighting, Marking, and Signaling Plan
Working closely with the client and Sabik Offshore, TPG developed Orsted’s first US wind farm lighting marking and signaling plan. Accepted by BOEM in March 2023, the plan has guided the installation of all marine aids to navigation and aviation warning signals following international and domestic best practices and guidelines. Construction of South Fork is well underway.
Wind Farm Array Navigation Simulation
The Paratus Group collaborated with Orsted North America to develop exacting models of both Revolution Wind and Ocean Wind Offshore Renewable Energy Installations to be used in high vessel bridge simulators. The Paratus Group has organized and led several conferences at MITAGS (MD) and USMRC (RI) simulators where participants gained first hand experience of the future realities of navigating vessels through these wind farm arrays. Vessels, weather, and other environmental conditions may be immediately adjusted to explore questions or concerns of the participants. Participants have come from regulatory agencies as well as the various stakeholder groups, most notably, the commercial fishing industry.
Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Expansion Project
The Paratus Group collaborated with HDR Inc. and The Hampton Roads Connector Partners to develop the Navigation Safety Risk Assessment for this $3.8B civil engineering project. Given the potential for the project to impact the Port of Hampton Roads, including the world’s largest naval base and the deepest container port on the East Coast of the United States, the Paratus Group analyzed potential impacts and made recommendations to mitigate any risks to navigation safety.
“Clean Wind Safe Wind” Offshore Wind Conference
The Paratus Group planned and executed an offshore wind conference hosted by Orsted in Grimsby, England. A UK - USA and wider European Union conference on offshore renewable energy installations construction, operation, navigation safety and emergency response considerations, Clean Wind Safe Wind brought representatives from government, wind industry, and commercial fishing to provide first hand experience aboard vessels within a wind-optimized wind farm array.
Ocean Wind Navigation Safety Risk Assessment
The Paratus Group collaborated with HDR Inc. to develop the first draft of the Navigation Safety Risk Assessment for the 1.1 gigawatt Ocean Wind Farm to be constructed off the coast of New Jersey. The Paratus Group conducted a comprehensive assessment of waterway use and traditional users and developed mitigating designs and operating strategies to mitigate impacts of the project.
International Maritime Organization’s National MARPOL Ratification and Implementation Workshop
The Paratus Group, in collaboration with the Regional Activity Centre - Regional Marine Pollution Emergency, Information, and Training Center of the Wider Caribbean Region (RAC REMPEITC), provided a four-day conference in St George’s, Grenada to assist the ratification and implementation of IMO’s regulations regarding carriage of hazardous materials and marine pollution from sewage and garbage.
Texas Deepwater Partners LHG Facility Waterway Suitability Assessment
The Paratus Group collaborated with HDR Inc and Ronin Security Solutions to prepare a Waterway Suitability Assessment, in accordance with 33 CFR 127, for the siting of a planned Liquid Hazardous Gas (LHG) facility on the Houston Ship Channel.