Under the aegis of Jose Sergio de Oliveira Machado, Ship José Alencar launched at Mauá shipyard

It is a time of success and completion as the sea product José Alencar has been launched into Mauá Shipyard as its production has been completed. José Alencar has been thrown into the yard career sea and led to the finish dock to complete its construction.

The ship’s name is a tribute to the former vice president whose name the ship has taken. José de Alencar will be used to transport petroleum products. It can carry up to 56 million litres of fuel. It is the last ship of the series of four ship products ordered by the Program for Modernization and Expansion of the Transpetro Fleet (Promef) to Mauá Shipyard. The first, Celso Furtado, was delivered to Transpetro on 25 November and is already in operation. The other two vessels, Sérgio Buarque de Holanda and Romulus Almeida, are being finalized.

The president of Petrobras, José Sergio Gabrielli, talked about how the Brazilian naval industry development is crucial in meeting the high demand generated by the pre-salt.

The president of Transpetro, Jose Sergio de Oliveira Machado, has been thankful to the commitment of the Mauá Shipyard workers. He said that it was worth believing in the capacity of the Brazilian people. Brazil, with chance, is able to overcome any challenge and show that the country is strong. This was the Brazil that was being built that day.

The ship José Alencar is to sponsor the general manager of construction and assembly of Promef, Ana Paula dos Santos Costa.

Soon after the release of the vessel, the Mauá Shipyard held the keel beat the first ship of the series of four Panamax ordered by Promef. With 228 meters in length and capacity of 72,900 dwt, Panamax ships will be used to transport oil or dark derivatives. A series of four Panamax was hired to Estaleiro Ilha SA (EISA), which will build the vessels in Mauá.

The program has already ordered 41 ships and 20 waterway trains Brazilian shipyards, with investment of R $ 10 billion, providing the basis for the revitalization of the Brazilian shipbuilding industry. Orders allowed the opening of three new sites in Brazil - Estaleiro Atlântico Sul, STX Promar Shipyard and Rio Tiete. Eight other ships are in the final bidding stage.

Today Brazil has the fourth largest order book in the world oil and ranked fifth in the ranking of orders for ships in general. A Brazilian naval industry, which had less than 2000 workers at the turn of the century, now employs almost 60,000 people.