Berg breaks through in Brazil

Three single screw bunker vessels ordered from Renave shipyard in Niteroi will be equipped with controllable pitch propellers and fixed pitch tunnel thrusters from Berg. On completion, the vessels will be delivered to client Delima and time chartered to Brazilian energy major Petrobras.

Featuring an overall length of 71.6m, a moulded breadth of 15m and a draught of 4.25m, these 2,500 dwt vessels are destined to service Petrobras requirements for inland waterway transportation in Brazil when they are delivered in 2014.

With six loading tanks, and three pumps loading at a rate of 300m

³

per hour, the tankers will be built in Renave’s 3,400m

²

Viana Island complex, and represent the first order for the yard for Petrobras. Berg Propulsion CPPs will be driven by 16,000hp main engines from Caterpillar Diesel.