Shipyard Enseada in Bahia resumes as a port terminal; 44 thousand tons of iron ore will be exported to China later this month

Bahia – Last Friday, July 31, 2020, will go down in history for the modern naval, port and industrial complex at Estaleiro Enseada, in Maragojip. The terminal started the first iron ore export operation. The shipyard has already been contracted to build two container vessels, which are expected to generate 750 jobs.

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The ship Star Athena docked at the shipyard's terminal for the first shipment of iron ore from Brazil Iron, which produces in the municipality of Piatã. The loading operation is scheduled to take place by the next 5th.

The naval sector in Bahia is starting to rehearse a strategy for economic recovery, after six years in a state of suspension, of near cancellation, with thousands of jobs lost, which caused, at the time, an unprecedented financial disaster in the local economy and in the families' income.

With that, the Enseada Shipyard starts operating the terminal specialized in ore exports and starts the company's logistical operations, which will be one of the main lines of its economic recovery.

The other lines are: the construction of ships that already have contracted projects, and the industrial area. The logistics operation also provides for the export of iron ore from Bamin, a company with which the Shipyard is already negotiating a contract to become the export terminal.

The resumption of Shipyard operations had the support of the State government. According to the Secretary of Infrastructure, Marcus Cavalcanti, the government took measures to resume investments in a region that was economically impaired after the closure of the shipyard's activities, which had more than 7 people employed and generated a series of activities in the region.

“It is very important for Bahia that Estaleiro Enseada starts to act as a port terminal, constituting another alternative for the export of ores, an area in which Bahia has enormous potential. In addition, the resumption of operations was an objective of the state government to recover business in an area that was suffering economically with the stoppage of some company projects”, said the secretary.

In early July, the naval company Petrocity Portos SA, announced that it has entered into a partnership with Estaleiro Enseada for the construction of two container ships, with financing in the amount of 340 million, approved by the Fundo Nacional de Marinha Mercante.

Paralyzed by project cancellations and since October 2019 in judicial recovery, the shipyard is now gaining steam with the construction of these two ships, which will be used for cabotage transport in 2021.