Marine and Towage Services Group and Robert Wynn & Sons have delivered transformers to Hunterston on the West Coast of Scotland from Rotterdam for £1bn Western Link project.
The transformers will be installed as part of the National Grid and ScottishPower Transmission project, which will see a 385km subsea cable bring renewable energy from Scotland to homes and businesses in England and Wales.
A total of nine transformers were delivered in three separate shipments to the site of the onshore converter station at Hunterson.
The largest of these transformers weighed 325 tonnes, with the entire consignment weighing in excess of 2500 tonnes.
The charter to deliver the transformers is part of a longer-term contract, which will see multi-purpose tug MTS Vengeance continue to support Robert Wynn’s barge the Terra Marique.
Image: MTS Vengence and Terra Marique carrying the transformers (Richard Matthews)
