Forth Ports’ successful partnership with Collett & Sons in Grangemouth
In the autumn of 2013, Forth Ports announced a 2-year partnership with Collett & Sons Ltd to oversee the shipping, project management and heavy transport of wind turbine components from their Grangemouth facility. A year on, Collett & Sons have successfully handled over 324 wind turbine components from their purpose built Grangemouth depot, the company said in its press release.
Comprising of 36 complete turbines in total, Collett have delivered components throughout Scotland, with the largest blade carried by the team measuring a total of 57.20m in length.
Collett have demonstrated their ability to provide specialist transportation solutions to the wind energy market importing components for developments as far north as Clashindarroch reflecting that with the development of this specialist base Collett and the Port of Grangemouth can service the whole of Scotland.
The Grangemouth depot now features a 110 tonne gantry crane along with other specialist heavy duty handling equipment creating a central hub in Scotland for importing wind turbine components. This quayside depot is afforded the full use of port services within the Port of Grangemouth including discharging vessels, stevedoring, cranes, lifting, handling, storage, maintenance and transport of the turbines. Moving forward Collett & Sons are aiming to further develop aspects of their business in Scotland with a focus on marine services.
