Vanguard Shortlisted for the Heavy Lift Awards 2025

The trailers were commissioned by Vanguard to overcome client and industry challenges and are capable of receiving and transporting wind blades from vessels to laydown areas in either top or tail orientation.

Due to the standard top-to-tail orientation of wind blade shipping, components such as wind blades have often been delivered to specific port locations that are capable of either double handling each component that arrives in the incorrect orientation or that has extensive space to complete various shunt manoeuvres prior to arriving in laydown areas.

Vanguard have now brought a cost-effective solution to the market to overcome these challenges and provide increased efficiencies across port services sector. These innovative trailers are capable of receiving wind blades in either orientation and delivering the cargo to designated laydown areas, across tight quayside locations and with minimal disruption to the port.

The trailers have been designed with a drawbar at either end for efficient shunting purposes and can accommodate extensive wind blade overhangs when loaded in the reverse orientation. This allows the transport arrangement to proceed to laydown areas in much tighter spaces, without having to undergo extensive ground work or street furniture removal. The trailers can be mobilised at site/quayside using bespoke beams to allow for specific length configurations, with the first project having required the receiving and transportation of wind blades measuring 90.646m long.