Transpetro threw overboard on Friday (28) Irmã Dulce ship, the tenth vessel of the Brazilian Program for Modernization and Expansion of the Fleet (Promef) to reach that stage in a period of four years. The ship was transferred to dock at the shipyard, where it will undergo finishing before delivery to the company to start operations. Shortly after the release of the tanker, the keel was laid for the third ship of the series of four panamax commissioned by Promef was performed.

The Irmã Dulce is the second in a series of four panamax tankers guy who will be baptized in honor of women who helped build the history of Brazil. The first was the Anita Garibaldi, which is in the process of finishing in the same yard. Used to transport oil derivatives and dark, vessels of this type have 228 meters in length and carrying capacity of 90.2 million liters.

"With the tenth vessel Promef thrown overboard, we could show that the Brazilian shipbuilding industry reach, increasingly, the level of productivity and mass production. Promef guarantee ordering of vessels in Brazil and the minimum domestic content of 65%. Now, we are pursuing the international competitiveness to put the country back on the global player in the production of ships position", says the president of Transpetro, Sergio Machado.

Irmã Dulce - panamax tanker:

· Deadweight: 72,900 tons deadweight (DWT) 

· Total length: 228 m 

· Beam: 40 m 

· Draught: 12 m 

· Height: 48.3 m 

· Speed: 15 knots 

· Carries: dark oil and derivatives 

· Ability to carry 90.2 million gallons 

· Feature: ship "shallow draft" (reduced draft)