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In the fight for survival, the Rio Grande shipyard, which had already obtained authorization to work as a Port Terminal, now operates in the loading of large ships
In January of this year, the Rio Grande shipyard, which without orders diversified its activities, being even authorized by the Gaúcha Assembly to function as a Port Terminal, it is now operating in support of large ship loading operations.
The choice of the shipyard for this purpose was due to its privileged location close to the ports of Rio Grande and St. Catherine.
Large ships often left the port of Rio Grande without their maximum load, given the draft of the channel, as they ran the risk of running aground.
As the shipyard had its canal dredged to increase the depth, the loading of the vessels can now be done in full, thus avoiding costs of stopping at the Port of Santa Catarina to complement the load.
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The National Waterway Transport Agency (ANTT) has already authorized three operations of this type and the Superintendence of Ports in Rio Grande do Sul wants authorization from the regulatory bodies so that the operation becomes more frequent.
The fight for survival
The shipyard was surviving by selling scrap from platforms P-71 and P-72, which were started in its industrial park, but which had the works transferred to China, by Petrobras, after the cancellation of the contracts due to the discovery of signs of corruption in the contracts by the Lava Jato operation.
Ecovix, the shipyard's administrator, has been in judicial recovery since then and is fighting a real struggle to maintain its survival.
The company was contracted to manufacture eight platform hulls, known as FPSOs Replicantes, because they have practically the same format, but saw in 2016, the nearly R$ 10 billion project being canceled, by Petrobras, and had to fire its three thousand and two hundred workers.
