Warradarge Stage 1 Wind Farm

Running Warradarge alongside the Yandin Wind Farm meant doubling almost everything at once: cargo volumes, equipment requirements, storage needs and scheduling pressure. Instead of managing one wind farm delivery program, the team was effectively coordinating two simultaneous 51-turbine campaigns through a single port, all while maintaining the pace and precision each client expected.

Mother Nature made no allowances for the delivery schedule. Major bushfires across Western Australia delayed deliveries to site between December 2019 and January 2020, and just as the project regained momentum, storms and heavy rainfall damaged the Warradarge site entry road, shutting it to all heavy traffic for a full week in February.

In March 2020, COVID-19 arrived in the middle of an already complex delivery program. New health protocols, PPE requirements and permit conditions had to be introduced almost overnight. Transport was fortunately classified as an essential service, which helped keep disruption to deliveries to a minimum, but it still demanded fast adaptation across the whole operation.

At the combined peak of Warradarge and Yandin, the team was moving five complete wind turbines every week, around 45 individual deliveries, or roughly 8 to 9 per day. Sustaining that rate required tight coordination between loading and unloading operations at port, permitting processes and on-site supervision, all running in lockstep to avoid bottlenecks.

Unlike more remote wind farm projects, the transport route for Warradarge passed through the main metro area of Perth before heading north on the Brand Highway. Oversized and over-height components needed careful route planning, including detours around low overpasses, to move safely through populated areas without disrupting local traffic or infrastructure.