Patent ID: 8632286

Claim:
A modular transportation unit for wind turbine rotor blades, said modular transportation unit comprising: a plurality of supports configured to support a respective section of a rotor blade, said plurality of supports comprising a first root support for a first root section of a first rotor blade and a first tip support for a first tip end section of the first rotor blade; a first support frame comprising a first slab erected on a first support stand providing a first space below said first slab, said first space dimensioned for receiving said root section therein; a second support frame comprising a second slab erected on a second support stand providing a second space below said second slab, said second space dimensioned for receiving said tip support therein; a third support frame to which a second root support for a second root section of a second rotor blade is fixed; and a fourth support frame to which a second tip support for a second tip end section of the second rotor blade is fixed, said plurality of supports further comprising said second root support and said second tip support, wherein said fourth support frame is located between said first and second support frames and said second support frame is located between said third and fourth support frames.