Page 41: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (November 2016)

ilson Sons Group is one and also offshore and inshore salvage A Towage Operations Center is a rela- moved 316.7 million tons of merchan- of the largest integrated operations. Some of our boats are also tively new concept in Brazilian ports. dise in the ? rst quarter of 2016, a vol- operators in port and ? tted out with Fire Fighting 1 systems, Many of the older local ports and tow- ume 2.52% higher than during the same

Wmaritime logistics in which permits the company to help com- age services were operated in obsolete period in 2015, even with the ongoing

Brazil. The company has more than a bat ? res aboard ships and in port instal- and inef? cient manners, some still are. It Petrobras crisis and government woes. century of experience and is also present lations, when necessary,” said Guedes. is signi? cant to note that Brazilian ports in shipbuilding and offshore support ser- vices. Its towage ? eet is present in ports all along Brazil’s lengthy coast. In Rio, the group has a number of tugboats ser-

We don’t offer vicing local ports and shipyards, along what we have but with its offshore logistics base, named

Brasco, which stores and delivers goods

What you and equipment to offshore rigs and FP-

ENSURED CERTAINTY

OF YOUR OPERATIONS

SOs with its ? eet of PSVs and through need third party support vessels. “Wilson Sons Towage is the market

OPTIMISED FUEL leader in port support in the towage seg-

EFFICIENCY ment in Brazil. The company operates in the main ports along Brazil’s coast and also in three river ports in the northern state of Pará. In 2015 alone, our ? eet of tug boats was responsible for 58,000 ma- neuvers,” said Guedes.

Wilson Sons employs various sizes of modern tugs, many of which use azi- muth thrusters for propulsion, allowing them to be more ? exible and ef? cient during port maneuvers and while tow- ing ships offshore. Its operations center works 24/7/365. “Around 80% of our ? eet is composed of tugs with azimuth propulsion. Due to the great variety of operations, the ? eet is composed of different types of tugs with bollard pulls, varying from 45 to 85

ENVIRONMENTAL LEADING LNG

COMPLIANCE TECHNOLOGY tons,” said Guedes.

The company’s towage ? eet was most- ly built at the Wilson Sons shipyard in the state of São Paulo. “Having a ship- building unit in the same group is an im- portant competitive differential for Wil- son Sons Towage, in that it guarantees us deliveries on time and with excellent

WORLD CLASS

SHIP DESIGN product quality.”

Having its own shipyard also permits retro? ts, repairs and maintenance to be

GLOBAL SERVICE done in-house, with its inherent advan-

NETWORK tages. With Brazilian ports at a hectic pace, and with available berths not keep- ing up to the demands of ship traf? c, ef? cient towage operations are very im- portant to help clear the bottlenecks in some ports, where tankers, container and

WÄRTSILÄ CONNECTS THE DOTS cargo ships are forced to anchor offshore

Finding what you really need is only possible when you have the best marine

V?LYPUNVULHY[O[VJOVVZLMYVT>pY[ZPSpPZ[OLTHYRL[SLHKLYPUPTWYV]PUN for a number of days before being al-

L?JPLUJ`WYV]LUNHZZVS\[PVUZHUKLUZ\YPUNLU]PYVUTLU[HSJVTWSPHUJL^OPSL lowed to tie-up and of? oad their cargos.

WYV[LJ[PUNWYVÄ[HIPSP[`6\YNSVIHSZLY]PJLUL[^VYRV?LYZZ\WWVY[^OLUHUK “Wilson Sons Towage works mainly ^OLYL`V\ULLKP[9LHKTVYLH[^^^^HY[ZPSHJVT with port support – during docking and departure of ships in Brazilian ports. On

Meet us at the INTERNATIONAL WORKBOAT SHOW top of that, the tugs will sometime under- 30 Nov - 2 Dec 2016, New Orleans, LA, Booth 601 take special operations, such as platform movement, FPSO towage, along with offshore towage of different sized ships, www.marinelink.com 41

MR #11 (34-41).indd 41 11/3/2016 5:15:24 PM