COLI Group Delivers 14 Transformers for Baltica 2 Offshore Wind Farm

COLI Group has recently completed a six-month transport project for GE Vernova, moving 14 large power transformers from GE Vernova's Turkish factory to a job site in Poland supporting the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm. The cargo was shipped across three voyages on three separately chartered vessels, and the project marks the second collaboration between COLI and GE Vernova's team in Poland.

The transformers were picked up at GE Vernova's factory and loaded at Safiport in Derince, Türkiye.

Ten units, ranging from 110 to 170 tonnes each, were offloaded at the port of Gdynia and transported onward by land to the job site. The remaining four transformers, each weighing 361 tonnes, were barged to Władysławowo, where a complex roro operation had to be carried out. Additionally, a temporary storage area was set up at Władysławowo while the job site itself was being prepared to receive the units.

The onward land transport of the heavy transformers presented a series of legal, technical and logistical challenges. Several existing bridges along the route were unable to carry the weight of the cargo, requiring