Porto do Pecém to receive large vessels again with liquid fuel

Beginning in February, the Port of Pecém will once again receive large ships loaded with liquid fuel to carry out transshipment operations, a modality known as ship-to-ship. The information was passed on to Governor Camilo Santana, this Thursday, December 17, by Roberto Castelo Branco, President of Petrobras. It has been 6 years since the state has received vessels for this type of activity. Initially, 200,000m³ of fuel will be handled per month.

“We had been talking to Petrobras for the resumption of this operation, which will be very important for the company and represents an economic gain for Ceará, which will now send fuel to states in the north and northeast regions of Brazil”, commented Santana. The Port of Pecém should receive three ships per month initially, but already with the prospect of expansion in the coming months.

The President of Complexo do Pecém (CIPP S / A), Danilo Serpa, explained how the operation will take place: “These are bigger ships that are going to arrive in Brazil with liquid fuel and are going to move to smaller ships to take the fuel to states in the north and northeast regions. It is a very important operation for the port, because, in the same berth, you dock two ships – the smallest next to the largest”, detailed Serpa. The Secretary of Economic Development of Ceará, Maia Júnior, and the President of Transpetro, Gustavo Raposo, also participated in the meeting.

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