Longest wind blades travelling within South Africa
Vanguard have demonstrated their engineering prowess by designing a transport solution suitable for the longest wind turbine blades in South Africa.
Vanguard owns and maintains the largest fleet of heavy lift equipment in the southern hemisphere including stand jacks, hydraulic lift systems, self-climbing jacks and jack & slide.
Vanguard have demonstrated their engineering prowess by designing a transport solution suitable for the longest wind turbine blades in South Africa.
The vessel, which weighs 650t and measures 44.5m in length, recently slipped from its keel supports and rolled onto its starboard side during relaunching operations.
As the number of operating wind farms in South Africa increases, so is the demand for a quality repair and maintenance service.
Vanguard officially completed the heavy lifting of what is the biggest tandem line to be installed in South Africa.
When a generating stator at Duvha Power Station ran to failure, it became a race against time to replace the stator and return optimum production to the power station
Complex transport solutions delivered within a small time window.
Vanguard were required to battle extreme weather conditions to successfully complete the relocation of a 650t ex South African Navy submarine.
The SAS Assegaai, which was decommissioned in 2003, was required to be transported 1.5km from the Navy Dockyard to the new Naval Heritage Site in Simons Town.