Innovation
PROJECT SCOPE:
The Moorabool Wind Farm consisted of 104 Goldwind GW136 3.4MW wind turbine generators, situated in Victoria. ARES transported all wind turbine components from the Port of Portland to site, with deliveries taking place over a period of 15 months.
Transported all components for 104 Goldwind turbines from the Port of Geelong to Moorabool Wind Farm in Victoria. Delivered over 15 months, the program involved approximately 1,400 loads across a 55-kilometre route from port to site.
Complex logistics, shared port operations and tight transport curfews required detailed planning throughout the project. Consistent coordination between port, transport and site teams kept components moving safely and supported one of Australia’s largest wind farm delivery programs.
Transported components for 104 Goldwind turbines over 15 months, requiring around 1,400 individual deliveries. The scale of the program demanded detailed scheduling to keep cargo moving efficiently from the Port of Geelong to the wind farm.
The delivery program operated alongside other activity at the Port of Geelong. Careful coordination of vessel arrivals, component handling, storage and truck movements helped maintain access to cargo while supporting the port’s wider operations.
Oversized transport movements were governed by strict travel windows and curfews. Each delivery required precise timing across the 55-kilometre route to keep the program moving while meeting permit conditions and minimising disruption to other road users.
With 104 turbines spread across the Moorabool development, components had to reach the correct locations in the required installation sequence. Close coordination between port, transport and site teams kept deliveries aligned with construction progress.
Cargo Carried
Each turbine stands 169m tall (base to tip), has 5 tower sections and produces 3.4MW of green power.
This is equivalent to the height of a 15 to 20 storey building – and we transported 312 of them.
This was the tower base (or door) section, 4.65m in diameter, which we carried on our 9-row platform.
These include turbine components, towers, blades, transformers and containers.
Bollore Logistics worked with Ares for the delivery of the 104 WTG Moorabool Wind Farm in rural Victoria. At all times Bollore found Ares to be technically and operationally innovative, highly competitive – providing genuine value for money, totally reliable and compliant with the highest HSE standards. We look forward to working together with Ares again in the future and we would not hesitate to recommend them for any difficult heavy haulage projects.