14 American Journal of Transportation American Journal of Transportation ajot.com Liberty Global Logistics LLC 516-488-8800 LibertyGL.com 1979 Marcus Avenue Suite #200, Lake Success, NY 11042 A Leading Ocean Shipping & Logistics Company 50 Jericho Quadrangle, Suite 301, Jericho, NY 11753 COLI Group successfully delivers transport of 14 transformers for GE Vernova and Poland’s 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 Ver- nova’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 weigh- ing 361 tonnes, were barged to Władysławowo, where a complex roro operation had to be carried Express Global Logistics executes the world’s biggest shipment of a BESS The rapid expansion of renewable energy is transform- ing project logistics, demand- ing innovative engineering solutions for the transportation of large-scale Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) cargo. Demonstrating its engineering expertise and end-to-end exe- cution capabilities, Express Global Logistics (EXG), member to the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) in India, successfully executed the world’s biggest single ship- ment of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), transporting 300 BESS units (approximately 1.66 GWh) on a single vessel and setting a new benchmark in renewable energy logistics. The project involved the transportation of 300 BESS units with a total cargo weight of 13,454 ton and a total volume of 12,832 cbm through a Full Charter Deck Carrier Vessel, moving the cargo from the eastern coast of China to western India for delivery to one of the world’s largest hybrid clean energy projects. The project represents one of the most significant renewable energy logistics operations under- taken on a single voyage. The project also marked (DELIVERS – continued on page 18) (EXECUTES – continued on page 16)
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