Record-breaking cargo of scale handled by Port of Waterford

The wind turbine blades will be stored at the Port before being transported to Cushaling Wind Farm in Offaly

BBC Citrine 153m arrived from Turkey with the 80m long blades, which are the longest ever imported to Ireland

A vessel load of 80 metre-long wide-turbine blades, the largest ever in size to be imported to Ireland were shipped to the Port of Waterford over the weekend. 

The vessel, BBC Citrine 153m arrived from Turkey with the blades also believed to be the longest in the UK.