Tag: Brazil

Data by Brazilian police and customs authorities indicate a substantial increase in the number of occurrences and the amounts of cocaine interdicted in port facilities and aboard vessels, a new publication reveals. 

The project “HUB of Hydrogen Green Pecém - Ceará”, launched in February of this year has attracted companies interested in operating in the Green Hydrogen value chain.

According to information, there are currently over 100 bulkers waiting at major Brazilian ports to load either iron ore or grains.

Wilson Sons, a port and maritime logistics operator in Brazil, acquired a minority equity participation at Docktech. The deal also regards a commercial exclusivity agreement to install digital twin technology throughout Brazilian ports. 

Gard Club and Alexandra Chatzimichailoglou Senior Claims Adviser, Lawyer at Piraeus, issued master’s checklists for loading and carriage of soya beans, in order to best demonstrate that there was no lack of cargo care.

Proinde UK P&I Club reports that under Brazilian immigration regulations, a seafarer's identity document is accepted as a stand-alone travel document with the same standing as a passport, laissez-passer and other forms of personal identification.

During February, the Brazilian ports line-up indicates that soybeans shipments will reach around 8.5 million tons. However, the global leading marine insurer, Skuld informed that reaching such a volume won't be easy, especially because the harvest in Brazil is delayed, bringing huge logistical challenges for trading companies.

Brazil has set port workers, as well as other transport professionals, in a priority group under its State Vaccination Plan for COVID-19, state sources revealed. Brazil became the first country in the Americas to put transport workers in priority.

A fire erupted at a shiploader at Vale's main iron ore export terminal at Ponta da Madeira in northeast Brazil, in the early morning hours of Thursday.

Brittania P&I Club informs that, according to its correspondents, the Brazilian Division of Immigration Control and Border Security requires that seafarer identity documents issued under the terms of the ILO Convention 108 to be used for the purpose of immigration control for all seafarers, regardless of their nationality, until 15 June 2021.