These shipments have consisted of three separate deliveries of turbine blades from Turkey and a single delivery of tower sections from China and are the biggest single delivery of wind turbine components to the port,<\/p>\n
Due to the size of the parts, Port of Cromarty Firth Services was contracted by Collett & Sons to co-ordinate the offload.<\/p>\n
Bob Buskie, chief executive of the Port of Cromarty Firth, said: \u201cWe are delighted to see more windfarm components arriving into the port. The towers were transported in a single shipment from China and there are very few ports in Scotland that could accommodate such a large vessel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is exactly the type of new business opportunity we wanted to attract when we invested in the development of the port and opened up the service base to companies willing to collaborate on large projects in the Cromarty Firth.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tandem lifts requiring the use of two cranes in unison were needed to lift each blade onto Collett\u2019s specialist extendable trailer units capable of accommodating the full 50.2m blade for transportation. Port of Cromarty Firth Services brought in a 750 tonne mobile crane from Osprey HeavyLift to offload the tower sections.<\/p>\n
These 51 turbine sections weigh up to 67 tonnes each and are being stored alongside the accompanying 51 turbine blades on the port\u2019s new Phase Three development in Invergordon.<\/p>\n
The Port of Cromarty Firth recently invested more than \u00a324 million in the Phase Three development at the Invergordon Service Base, in an effort to attract a wider range of customers. This project was part financed by the European Regional Development Fund Programme and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.<\/p>\n
It allowed the Port to reclaim nine acres of seabed and construct a new 154mtr deep-water quay. The new quayside means that the space is now available to accommodate the large components involved in the renewable energy sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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