Port of Antwerp Plans Namibia Hydrogen Harbor
(Bloomberg) — Port of Antwerp Bruges plans to develop a €250 million ($267 million) hydrogen and ammonia storage and export facility at the Namibian Port of Walvis Bay, together with...
The ships were ordered under a program called EBN2, which was designed to boost shipbuilding in Latin America’s largest country by tendering ships to be constructed in Brazil. The six vessels will be built by Brazilian firms at shipyards established in Brazil.
Five of the ships will transport so-called clear derivative products such as gasoline and diesel, while one of the ships will be a crude oil carrier, Petrobras said. The vessels will be leased from Hidrovia South American Logistics SA.
The EBN program included two phases that totaled 39 vessels, Petrobras said. The ships will be delivered over the next seven years.
-By Jeff Flick, Dow Jones Newswires
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