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wind service spotlight: transportation & logistics
Transportation & Logistics
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With all of the equipment, carriers, size, and specialized handling requirements, getting all of the right turbine components to the right project sites for construction can be a challenge in the wind industry. Safety and efficiency are important keys to ensuring projects and timelines run smoothly. Here we focus on some of the top Transportation & Logistics companies in the industry that provide the specialized services required for getting all of those wind power parts, components, and machinery where they need to be for a successful wind farm.
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Transportation Partners & Logistics
CN
Services: CN offers rail and transload services for dimensional loads and heavy equipment, supporting industries such
as the wind industry, oil and gas, power generation, construction, and mining. Their network runs across North America from West to East, South from the Gulf coast into northern regions of Canada, and with direct access to strategic ports in the Great Lakes. They extend their reach by working with connecting carriers, partner shortlines, ports, and other parties to develop efficient routes, providing solutions for loading, offloading and marshalling their customers’ freight.
Key Features:
• Solutions for distribution centers
for projects in strategic locations, such as Western Canada and the US Midwest;
• Dedicated team with industry expertise to handle clearances, rail logistics, and commercial requirements;
• Access to strategic ports including the Great Lakes ports in Canada and the US, Gulf Coast, BC, and Atlantic Canada.
www.cn.ca
Services: Logistic and transportation management for dimensional freight in North America
Location/Logistics:
Kansas, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, and Texas
Key Features:
• Supporting rail, truck, crane, rigging and distribution centers, TP&L’s team of in-house engineers are top-load certified and ready to take the lead when it comes to any logistical needs;
• From port to pad TP&L delivers economically, safely, and on time;
• Onsite services include: scheduled maintenance per
OEM storage guidelines to maintain warranty, currently performing long term storage on over 800 complete turbines, additional shrink wrapping and product protection, storage of other windfarm related components such as cable reels, transformers, ladders, etc;
• Indoor storage available at all locations for element sensitive components such as DTA’s, drivetrains, generators, and ship loose items.
www.tpandl.com
Port of Everett
Services: Port services, logistics, heavy lift, rail
/ road access
Min/Max Loads/Tonnage: 1MT-170MT
Location/Logistics: Everett, Washington USA
Qualifications/Certifications: CT-PAT, USCG, WPPA, APPA
www.portofeverett.com
Logisticus Group Services: Turnkey transport, project
management, route feasibility, offsite civil Min/Max Loads/Tonnage: Unlimited
Location/Logistics: North America service territory
Qualifications/Certifications: Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Small Business
www.logisticusgroup.com
Totran Transportation Services
Services: Heavy haul transportation, project management, route feasibility study
Min/Max Loads/Tonnage: 150 USt Location/Logistics: Calgary, AB and Conroe,
TX
Qualifications/Certifications: SC&RA , CANWEA, AMTA, Comply Works, IS Networld
www.totran.ca
Port Saint John
Services: 3 Break Bulk Terminals with 4
warehouses (500,000 sq ft), 80acres of open area, 24,000 sq ft fabrication shop pierside, 3 stevedoring options
Min/Max Loads/Tonnage: Low water draft 35ft with 26ft tidal range twice per day. Load capacity of 1000 lbs/sq ft
Location/Logistics: Atlantic Canada in Southern New Brunswick, on the Bay of Fundy. Terminal names: DP World, Long Wharf, and Lower Cove.
www.sjport.com
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