Cosco Shipping’s specialised carrier M.V. YUAN FU has recently set sail carrying the first batch of five sets of wind-powered equipment for Georgia’s Ruisi 206 megawatts (MW) wind power project.
The vessel began its voyage at Lvsi Port in Eastern China’s Jiangsu Province and is scheduled to arrive at the destination port in one month.
Located in Gori, central Georgia, the Ruisi 206MW wind power project is the largest single-capacity wind power project in the country, according to COSCO SHIPPING.
It will provide a stable supply of clean electricity that can meet approximately one-tenth of the nation’s household electricity needs once completed.
Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers is responsible for providing customised transportation solutions for the project’s 33 sets of wind power equipment, setting a record for the single-vessel transportation volume of wind power equipment around the Black Sea area.
Notably, the company will transport the equipment in five batches, with each voyage exceeding 8,600 nautical miles, equivalent to one-third of the circumference of the equator.
COSCO SHIPPING Specialized Carriers has arranged multipurpose heavy lift vessels with double deck and flat deck surfaces suitable for transporting wind power equipment.
The wind power project adopts GW171 wind turbines with a rotor diameter of 171 metres, equivalent to the combined wingspan length of two Airbus 380 aircraft.
Upon completion, experts estimate the project will reduce 400,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually for Georgia.
Earlier this year, Cosco Shipping held a naming ceremony for the OCEAN INSPIRATION in Shanghai, marking a milestone in its growing fleet.
