WS Rosalvo within the Port of Açu, situated within the north of the state of Rio de Janeiro
Brazilian port and maritime logistics specialist Wilson Sons began working its new tugboat WS Rosalvo — geared up with extra sustainable applied sciences — within the Port of Açu, in São João da Barra,Rio de Janeiro, final month. The vessel is the third of six new, extra sustainable tugs being constructed on the firm’s shipyards.
A brand new hydrodynamic design improves hull effectivity and reduces gasoline consumption and GHG emissions by as much as 14% greenhouse gasoline emissions. The tugboats are the primary in Brazil to satisfy IMO Tier III NOx discount limits. Although this commonplace is simply required in emission managed areas (ECAs), it has been voluntarily adopted by Wilson Sons.
WS Rosalvo is an RSD 2513 escort tug and has FIFI-1-certified fire-fighting tools with a 2,400 cubic meters per hour circulation price. Designed by Damen Shipyards and measuring 24 meters in size by 13 meters beam, it operates fore and aft with the identical effectivity. Bollard pull is over 90 tons, making WS Rosalvo and sister vessels WS Centaurus and WS Orion essentially the most highly effective and sustainable tugs in operation in Brazil.
The first two new tugboats, which began working in July and October final yr, have executed round 650 operations. With the supply of WS Rosalvo, Wilson Sons reached the mark of 151 vessels inbuilt its shipyards. All these tugboats had been constructed with monetary assist from Brazil’s Merchant Marine Fund (FMM), and with the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) as a monetary agent.
“We ensure the best operating and socio-environmental practices in our operations to reaffirm our commitment to reducing emissions. The three new, more sustainable tugboats are the first in the harbor towage industry in Brazil to voluntarily meet the International Maritime Organization’s shipping pollution prevention guidelines, bringing unprecedented efficiency standards to the country. We play an important role in the socio-economic development of Brazil by executing our strategy towards an increasingly more sustainable future,” mentioned Wilson Sons sustainability director Monica Jaén.
