UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE - Wind Energy Network

COMPANY PROFILE
UK Port agency
services for 3 x wind
turbines projects
into the UK
Abnormal Load Services
(International) Limited
(ALS) has provided
UK Port and Vessel
agency services for
three renewable energy
projects: 3 x N80 R
60 wind turbines for
Lairg Wind Farm via
Invergordon in the
Scottish Highlands and
Phase 1 - importation
phase for Drone Hill
Wind Farm located in
the Scottish Borders for
9 x wind turbine towers
from 3 vessels.
Lairg Wind Farm
It is expected that the 3 x 2.5 MW turbines
will produce enough energy to supply over
3,500 homes.
ALS facilitated the use of mobile cranes for
the 801 Ton cargo as a gearless vessel had
been fixed as a more cost effective method
than a heavy lift vessel for this shipment,
and to overcome extreme congestion
at the port, ALS identified and provided
alternative laydown and storage facilities at
a site a short distance from the port.
An ALS project manager attended
the vessel/port and supervised the
2-day discharging and cargo rotation
programme, which also included
cargo inspection and interchange
documentation, as well as scheduling &
crane management of the subsequent
delivery programme from storage to site.
Drone Hill Wind Farm
ALS has also completed the Phase 1 -
importation phase for Drone Hill Wind
Farm located in the Scottish Borders.
This first phase involved using both mobile
and port cranes to discharge and place
into sequential quayside storage of 9 wind
turbine towers from 3 vessels.
ALS completed phase 2 in Spring 2012
consisting of an additional 13 towers to
complete the project. The 22 x 1.3 MW
turbines are expected to power 16,000
homes.
GordonBush
ALS subsequently handled a further
shipment of seven wind turbines
for Gordonbush Windfarm also via
Invergordon.
Abnormal Load Services
www.abnormal-loads.com
www.windenergynetwork.co.uk
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