Operation through cabotage proved to be more agile and cheaper than the road modal and involved giant transformers for the wind farm
Taking advantage of its great potential national cabotage, the Port of Pecém carried out, on the last August 09th, Friday, through a container ship, the transport of two energy transformers that were produced by the company WEG and shipped in the Port of Imbituba, Santa Catarina .
It was the first time that the Port of Pecém carried out the operation of unloading large equipment, the ship owned by Aliança Navegação spent eight days to transport the transformers of 184,6 tons each.
The choice
The Operations Coordinator of the Industrial and Port Complex of Pecém (CIPP), José Alcântara, explained the choice for the cabotage modal as it was the fastest and lowest cost and stated: “Due to the large size of the equipment, if it were done via land, the displacement would take about 30 days”.
A 500-ton crane was rented to carry out the unloading, which was carried out at berth 8 of the Terminal de Múltiplas Utilidades (TMUT) and was coordinated by CIPP and carried out by APM Terminals, a company that operates in the Port of Pecém.
According to Waldir Sampaio, Executive Director of Operations at the Pecém Industrial and Port Complex (CIPP), “This operation opens up a range of possibilities for new similar operations on container ships here at the Port of Pecém, showing its capacity and flexibility to meet new demands. Now the transformers will be stored and then sent overland to their final destination”.
Cabotage has shown that it can be very useful as an efficient and cheap modal. The transformers will be used in a wind farm in Serra do Mel, in Rio Grande do Norte.
