Vale decides to abandon cargo transported by converted ships

This Monday (14), Vale informed that it carried out the last unloading of cargo transported in converted ships, after a previous decision in favor of the total abandonment of the use of these vessels for transport. The unloading of cargo through these converted ships took place this Sunday (13).

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Ships converted for cargo purposes, from Vale, are the result of the conversion of large oil transport ships

The ships used for unloading cargo are the result of conversions of large tankers for transporting oil (VLCCs), single hulls for VLOCs, for loading cargo such as iron ore, were all eliminated or replaced in the operations of the Vale company, “either due to early invalidation, or due to changes in contracts”, explains State-owned Vale in a statement.

This change took place after a new risk management approach by Vale, in January of that year, added Vale.

The mining company Vale also states that it values ​​its competitiveness in cargo freight “through long-term contracts with amateurs for the use of more efficient and modern vessels, such as the Valemax and Guaibamax”.

Vale adopts the Home Office model (flexible office)

Vale decided to opt for the home office model, calling it a flexible office, in its worldwide post-pandemic operation. Covid-19 put around 22% of the company's workforce, around 74 people, into remote work.

The idea is that the home office is definitively decreed for this group, but with an alternation, between face-to-face meetings in the offices or in one of the collaborative spaces, or hubs, that Vale intends to create by mid-March 2021.