Rio de Janeiro-based multinational oil corporation Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) has added seven new double-hull bunkering barges to operations at the port of Santos.
“These new barges have arrived to improve the delivering bunker services in the port of Santos and they will definitively speed up our operations, increase the delivery services as well as reduce the waiting time,” says the firm in a statement to Manifold Times.
In short, the newbuilds are:
| IFO | ||
| BARGE | IFO Max. Capacity (Metric Ton) | Pumping Rate m³/h |
| CD ITAIPU | 1,700 | 400 |
| SC 53 | 1,950 | 400 |
| SC 54 | 1,950 | 400 |
| SC 10 | 2,770 | 400 |
| PAPOULA | 2,500 | 400 |
| AMALTHIA | 5,600 | 400 |
| MGO | ||
| BARGE | MGO – Max. apacity (Metric Ton) |
Pumping Rate m³/h |
| MARFORT 20 | 700 | 300 |
Publication date: 16 January, 2018
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