Fri 23 Sep 2016, 10:27 GMT

Bunkering 'back to normal' in Rio de Janeiro


Vessels can now enter Guanabara Bay and anchor in all permitted areas of the port.



Marine fuel supplier Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) S.A. has confirmed that bunkering operations at Rio de Janeiro are now "back to normal".

During the Olymipic Games (5th to 21st August) and Paralympic Games (7th September to 18th September), there were restrictions in place for marine traffic in Rio, however, now that the Paralympic Games have ended, vessels are now allowed to enter Guanabara Bay and anchor in all permitted areas of the port, Petrobras has explained in an email.

Petrobras supplies 380 centistoke (cSt) intermediate fuel oil (IFO 380), 180 cSt and marine gas oil (MGO) at Rio de Janeiro. At the time of writing, the company is quoting levels of $270.00-271.00 per tonne for IFO 380, $301.50-302.50 per tonne for IFO 180 and $675.50 per tonne for MGO at the port.

Earlier this year, in February, Petrobras added a new double-hull barge to its fleet of vessels in Rio. The MV Luiz Rebelo III has the capacity to load around 1,740 metric tonnes of product and has a pumping rate of 250 cubic metres per hour.

The addition of the MV Luiz Rebelo III came less than five months after the launch of another vessel in Rio de Janeiro, the MV Luiz Rebelo II. The double-hull barge has the capacity to load around 2,300 metric tonnes of product and has a pumping rate of 300 cubic metres per hour. It began operating in Rio de Janeiro in September 2015.

Contact details for Petrobras in Rio have been provided below.

Petrobras Marine
Phone: + 55 21 2166-8377
AOH: +55 21 9 7210 6272

Address:
Av. Henrique Valadares, 28 Torre A 10 andar
CEP 20231-030
Rio de Janeiro - RJ
Brazil


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