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Delay in ship delivery should result in fine for EAS.

Atlântico Sul Shipyard must present its defense justifying the nearly 20-month delay to Transpetro within the next 30 days; the objective is to reduce or even cancel the contractual penalty with the Petrobras subsidiary.  

Delay in ship delivery should result in fine for EAS (Photo: Eudes Santana/Disclosure)
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- Despite the celebration during the delivery of the João Cândido oil tanker, built by Estaleiro Atlântico Sul (EAS), to Transpetro, which took place yesterday (25), in Pernambuco, the 20-month delay should generate new problems for the shipbuilders. This is because, by contractual obligation, EAS will have to pay a fine for not meeting the deadlines. The shipyard will have to defend itself in order to reduce the amounts charged or even try to eliminate the payment. The amount of the fine is still being calculated based on the clauses of the ship purchase contract, which is part of an order for ten suezmax type vessels (with maximum draft to navigate through the Suez Canal) made to the shipyard by the Petrobrás subsidiary.

According to sources connected to EAS, the shipyard is already preparing the necessary documentation to justify the delays experienced during construction. One of the main reasons for not meeting deadlines is the learning curve required for the construction of large ships and the difficulty in training the workforce. EAS has 30 days to present its defense. The amount of the fine has not been disclosed.


Despite the difficulties, the construction of the second oil tanker – Zumbi dos Palmares – commissioned by Transpetro's Fleet Modernization and Expansion Program (Promef) is on schedule. "It's normal for deadlines to be revised in projects of this type and with this degree of difficulty," says a source connected to EAS. The Zumbi dos Palmares is expected to be delivered by the end of this fiscal year.


For next year, the shipyard expects to begin construction of the first oil exploration vessels ordered by Sete Brasil for exploration of the pre-salt layers off the Brazilian coast. EAS won a bid to build seven such vessels valued at over R$ 4 billion.

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