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After 6 Years Moored at the Shipyard and 95% of the Work Completed, the Oil Tanker IRMÃ DULCE from Transpetro Ended Up Succumbing to Abandonment and Lack of Maintenance
The NT (Oil Tanker) IRMÃ DULCE from Transpetro suffered flooding in its engine room and partially sank at the dock of Mauá Shipyard in Niterói (RJ). After being moored for 6 years with no prospects for continuing its construction, the ship may have sustained structural damage from the time without maintenance or have had some important item “cannibalized” (a term used in the shipbuilding industry when an item is taken from one vessel to be used on another).
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The Irmã Dulce was the second constructed of a sequence of four oil tankers of the Panamax type, ordered by Transpetro from the Mauá shipyard in Niterói (RJ) as part of its Fleet Modernization and Expansion Program (Promef). It was launched in 2014 and is now approximately 95% completed. In 2015, Transpetro canceled the construction contract for the oil tankers.
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The Mauá shipyard stated that it will investigate the incident and will provide more details later, but the vessel is stabilized and pumping operations have already begun. It is known that the ship was not carrying fuel or any other product that could cause environmental impacts and that the draft at the location is 4 meters, which should prevent further sinking of the vessel’s stern.
By Renato Oliveira – Naval Structures Engineer
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- Stern of the Ship Partially Submerged
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- Event: Launching of the 10th ship of Promef, the Panamax Irmã Dulce, at the EISA PETRO UM shipyard Date: 28-02-14 Author: Claudio Ferreira / Transpetro
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- Event: Launching of the 10th ship of Promef, the Panamax Irmã Dulce, at the EISA PETRO UM shipyard Date: 28-02-14 Author: Claudio Ferreira / Transpetro
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