These wind turbine generators are manufactured by Acciona Windpower of Spain.This cargo was unloaded and delivered via truck to the Tatanka wind farm near Ellendale, ND. The inbound forwarding/logistics was handled by DSV Air & Sea Inc., of Elk Grove Village, IL.

Upon discharge, the Beluga Expectation loaded wind turbine blades manufactured by a major U.S. producer of the specialized blades that will be delivered to the Port of Bilbao, Spain, for various European wind farm projects. Professional Logistics Group, Inc. managed the logistics for the effort, and Transgroup Worldwide Logistics, Houston, TX, handled the forwarding/logistics of this shipment out of Duluth.

In a reverse of its traditional trade patterns, the Port of Duluth is exporting its first ever wind turbine components through the Port Authority-owned Clure Public Marine Terminal.

This is the second export shipment of this type to Spain, with the first blade export being handled in July onboard the Beluga Constitution.

Guthrie-Hubner was the local agent, and Lake Superior Warehousing Company, Inc., again handled the unloading and reloading of the wind turbine components.

“Components for wind energy projects throughout the world are served by a global supply chain which the Port of Duluth is equipped to handle,” said Ron Johnson, trade development director for the Duluth Seaway Port Authority.

“The Port began to handle wind component cargo in 2004, and has seen dramatic growth in the volumes of this type of cargo. The Port of Duluth is central to both wind turbine component manufacturing and wind farm developments in the U.S. and Canada,” said Johnson.