Where can I find KML files for the North Sea? - kml

I need KML files (or something like this) for the North Sea. In a project group, we need to know where the navigational buoys are placed, in order to calculate routes for Offshore Windpark Servicing ships.
At http://map.openseamap.org/map/ I only found out that the map called 'ONC-NorthSea_GermanCoast12' is only available as a picture.
And the site http://www.freietonne.de/seekarte/ seems to have not as many
sea marks as the OpenSeaMap's maps.
But we need the positions of each buoy as a WGS84 coordinate for example. Is there any other source or way to obtain these information?
Edit:
Example for one ship route:
from 53.34N,7.20E Emden harbour
to 54.01N,6.60E Offshore windfarm "alpha ventus"

There are several ways to find the buoy station locations and identifiers. For Internet users, maps showing buoy locations are given at http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/. This provides a Google Map including the North Sea but there are links are bottom of page to get oberservations in KML format which includes list of some buoys world-wide. This is a good place to start.
An updated list of deployed buoys is available. Included in the description are their exact lat/lon location, the water depth, and the watch radius of the mooring.
An updated list of NDBC moored buoys and hull configurations is available in the Weekly Platform Status Report.
There is also http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/BUOY/

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