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54 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News ? OCTOBER 2013 According to Pereira, the Wilson, Sons Group is 176 years old, having been founded in 1837 in the city of Salva-dor, in the northeast state of Bahia by Edward Pellew Wilson. ?The Wilson, Sons Group today, is a diversi Þ ed group focusing on container terminals, mari-time towing, shipbuilding and offshore logistic. The group has two important container terminals, Tecon Rio Grande and Tecon Salvador. In Brazil it is the leader of the maritime towing market and builds PSVs in its own shipyards located in Guarujá, in the state of São Paulo,? said Pereira.?As part of Wilson, Sons, Brasco Off- shore Logistics is an integrated port and logistics service provider to the oil & gas industry in Brazil, it specializes in setting up and operating support bases along the whole Brazilian coast,? said Pereira. ?We offer a complete suite of services, including materials manage-ment, purchasing, storage, transport and supply of fresh water, drilling and well completion ß uids, heavy cargo handling, casing/pipe inspection, container rental, vessel fueling, waste management and administrative support. Our clients in-clude some of the world?s major oil and gas operators currently in Brazil.? Although Brasco?s title is ?Offshore Logistics,? the company also offers onshore logistics solutions for its cli-ents through its support bases in the at Conceição island the city of Niterói, in Guaxindiba in the city of São Gonçalo in Rio de Janeiro, in the city of São Luis in the northern state of Maranhão, Sal-vador in Bahia and Vitória in the state of Espírito Santo. Brasco also claims that is also capable of installing operation bases along the entire Brazilian coast.?In our secure location in Niteroi, we concentrate our warehouses where equipment from different companies are stored and we also have silos where drilling and completion materials, such as drilling ß uid and completion mud is stored and also other silos speciÞ cally for fresh water storage, in preparation for transport by our PSVs to their Þ -nal destination aboard platforms. In the same location we also have a quay for loading and fueling the PSVs, and stor- age facilities for perishable items such as fresh food. From here we are able to analyze our client?s needs and develop ß exible, custom solutions for each of our clients,? said Pereira. With around 60,000 tons of materials transported in the last year, Brasco is a leading force in the Brazilian offshore support seg- ment. The strategic location of Brasco?s logistics centers allows it to serve clients operating in the Campos, Santos and Espírito Santo Basin, and it also facili-tates logistics for companies seeking to explore new frontiers in the equatorial margin and northeast coast of the Brazil. Brasco?s portfolio of logistics services includes:? Port operation ? Loading and of ß oading of cargos ? Storage (open/closed), including chemical products and perishables ? Loading of water, fuel and any other type of bulk product ? Material management ? Automated inventory control ? Equipment inspection ? Land transportation logistics ? Support for emergency response ? Procurement? Supplying of containers ?Along with Brasco, there is the joint venture Wilson Sons Ultratug Offshore, where Wilson Sons has a 50% partici- pation, which offers offshore support services to oil and gas exploration and production platforms by transporting equipment, drilling ß uids, cement and food, and other materials necessary to platforms located on the Brazilian coast, through its ß eet of PSVs built in the company?s shipyard and ß ying the Bra- zilian ß ag,? said Pereira.. The Wilson Sons shipyard, located in Guarujá, occupies an area of 20,000 sq. m. and has the capacity for simultane-ous building and maintenance of small and medium vessels. Wilson Sons ship- BrazilWilson, Sons Group & Brasco Offshore Logistics Offshore LogisticsAs the Brazil?s O&G market continues to grow, growth in tandem of the offshore logistics solutions component becomes equally important. Brasco Offshore Logistics is a Wilson, Sons Group com- pany dedicated to offering efÞ cient solutions to oil and gas players operating in Brazil. Maritime Reporter?s Contributing Editor Claudio Paschoa interviewed Renata Pereira, Executive Director of Brasco, a wholly Brazilian company specialized in complex logistics services.(Photo: Claudio Paschoa)MR #10 (50-57).indd 54MR #10 (50-57).indd 5410/3/2013 4:21:29 PM10/3/2013 4:21:29 PM