Bolloré Logistics successfully completes Goldwind Moorabool Windfarm Project

Collaborated closely with COSCO to complete a total of 13 voyages

Conceived as a clean energy project with enough renewable energy to power 228,000 Australian homes, the Goldwind Moorabool Windfarm utilises state-of-the-art wind turbines for its 104 generators. The scale of this project required detailed planning and expert delivery of the highly specialised components; to that end, Bolloré Logistics won the transport and logistics contract.

Beginning in March 2019, Bolloré Logistics utilised experienced project teams in China and Australia to ship the windfarm components from manufacturing plants in China to the port of Geelong in Australia. The teams collaborated closely with one of China’s largest shipping companies, COSCO, to complete a total of 13 voyages, with each carrying approximately 50,000 freight tons.

As each wind tower comprises 11 components, the magnitude of the overall size and weight required up to five days of continuous work for each ship’s cargo to be unloaded and stored safely. In addition, the special 69-meter curved blades (about five times longer than a standard semi-trailer and among the longest blades used on windfarms globally) required specialised transport equipment solutions. Extendable trailers with rear wheel steering were used to transport the blades through tight spaces and overcome clearance challenges.

Inland delivery was also achieved by working with specialised trucking transport company Ares Transport. Significant planning and organisation centered on working within regulations imposed by the Victorian authorities, with deliveries only allowed to take place at night amid minimal traffic, en route to the site approximately 70 km away to the north.

All in all, Bolloré Logistics successfully completed the discharge, handling and inland delivery of over 1,100 oversized loads to the two Moorabool Windfarm sites in just over 12 months of continuous operations, adding this considerable project to the Company’s ever-growing international portfolio.