South Africa-based heavy transport and rigging firm Vanguard has put its wind blade shunt trailers to use for two simultaneous offloading operations.
HLPFI reported earlier this year that Vanguard had added the trailers to its fleet. The company was tasked with using its recent additions for a project at the port of Richards Bay and another at the port of Coega. At both locations, three trailers were mobilised to offload wind blades from the docked vessel and transport them to a nearby laydown area.
The wind blade shunt trailers are designed to operate efficiently in constrained port spaces, with each trailer featuring a drawbar at either end as well as tailored beam configurations to serve blades of varying lengths, including those above 90 m. Additional equipment is not necessary to assist with the discharging of heavier pieces as the trailers can be swiftly reconfigured to a shorter beam, such as being reconfigured into a 7-axle trailer with a shorter beam by replacing the rear 3-axle bogie with a modular 4-axle trailer.
“This is a major step forward in our commitment to deliver high-impact, cost-effective logistics solutions to the renewable energy sector,” said Laura Hodgkinson, director at Vanguard.
