Empresa contratada pela Vale tem histórico de naufrágio e problemas em inspeções

Company Hired by Vale Has History of Shipwreck and Inspection Problems

Written by Renato Oliveira

Published on 01/03/2020 at 13:26

Updated on 01/03/2020 at 13:41

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Vale, Polaris, and Ibama Decide to Use Technique That Makes Marine Bacteria Absorb Oil to Combat the Ship Leakage

Those who are Brazilian and follow the case of the ship Stellar Banner, carrying ore from Vale, are concerned about the environment and are anxiously awaiting the outcome of this story. The ship is stranded 100 km off the coast of Maranhão, with about 290,000 tons of iron ore, in addition to four million liters of fuel and oil.

After the captain deliberately ran the ship aground on a sandbank, more than 333 liters of oil have already leaked from the ship and spread over an area of 0.79 km², according to Ibama. Fearing a larger environmental tragedy, representatives from Polaris (the vessel’s owner), Vale (which supplied the ship), and the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama), decided to use the technique of ‘mechanical dispersion’ in which marine bacteria absorb the oil already spread in the water.

What few know, however, here in Brazil is that the South Korean Polaris Shipping, owner of the ship and contracted by Vale to transport the ore to China, has a history of shipwrecks with Vale and inspection issues with its vessels in China.

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Company Hired by Vale Has History of Shipwreck and Inspection Problems

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