United Wind Logistics develops and realises transport concept for MHI Vestas’ V164 wind turbines
- The collaboration includes the long-term charter of the deck carrier VestVind, engineering services and other auxiliary services
- The concept solution enables 24-hour turn-arounds, high flexibility of the heavy lift vessel and the reduction of freight charges
- The transport of wind turbine components for the Walney Extension offshore wind farm is the first milestone in the collaboration
The recently completed transport of mammoth V164 turbine components from Danish ports to Belfast with the deck carrier VestVind marks a first milestone in the collaboration between United Wind Logistics and MHI Vestas. The leading provider of offshore wind energy systems commissioned the specialists for maritime logistics solutions to develop a concept for transporting the turbine components. The first project is to supply the Walney wind farm in the Irish Sea off the west coast of Great Britain. For this purpose, United Wind Logistics designed and implemented a customized one-stop-shop solution which includes the long-term bare boat charter of up to five years of the appropriate deck carrier as well as the optimisation of the existing transport system of MHI Vestas. Based in Hamburg, United Wind Logistics is the market leader for innovative and individual one-stop-shop logistics concepts for the offshore wind industry.
The starting point of the partnership between MHI Vestas and United Wind Logistics in this project was the demand for a fast, safe and easy-to-handle transport solution for the V164 components (rotor blades, nacelles and towers). At the same time, the aim was to provide a system that was more cost-effective than the one previously used by MHI Vestas.
