Urgent transport of components for the wind energy sector

Urgent door-to-door service for a wind turbine to Nicaragua

We delivered a wind turbine door to door to a wind farm in Nicaragua in record time, 20 days less than a standard shipment with these characteristics.

Given the client’s urgency to replace the turbine, we set out to deliver the cargo in the shortest possible time. We divided the operation into two stages, which started simultaneously in Spain and the United States, as the turbine components were located in both countries.

In Pennsylvania, we collected a 44-meter blade directly from the factory. After some unforeseen events and client requests, we had to rethink our door-to-door service (Incoterm DDP), ultimately transporting the blade by road from Pennsylvania to Houston, where it was loaded for shipment to the Port of Santo Tomás in Guatemala. Once ashore, we carried out the unloading and continued with a road journey of more than 800 km to complete delivery at the wind farm in Nicaragua.

Urgent shipments of spare parts for the wind energy sector

Meanwhile, the rest of the cargo, consisting of a 73-ton nacelle located in Bilbao, Spain, was coordinated by the project cargo teams in Mexico and Spain for shipment to Honduras. As we were completing this operation, the client requested the addition of a hub and a tower section, with a total weight of 50 tons. As a result, we delayed the vessel’s departure in order to include these two pieces and transport them together with the rest of the cargo.

Once they arrived at destination, the project cargo team in Mexico ensured that the cargo was unloaded at Puerto Cortés, using special lifting beams for heavy cargo, and transported by road to its final delivery at the wind farm. In this way, we successfully completed the contract, demonstrating that we provide fast, comprehensive, and flexible solutions thanks to our team of experts.