This report was produced in accordance with the requirements to receive environmental licenses for the construction of the new shiprepair yard.
TMcQuilling Services commercial director and the project director of the Brasil Basin Drydock Company (BBDC) project, Dave Saginaw, said that this filing was the culmination of considerable effort, which began in October, 2015 when the project applied for the environmental licenses.
He said;“We are elated to have arrived at this stage of the project, on schedule and on budget. The heavy-lifting is completed with regard to the process, and now we will work to provide any additional information or material required by SUDEMA to support their internal review procedure.
“We are grateful for the attention and enthusiasm we are receiving from state and local authorities in Paraíba and the municipality of Lucena, as well as the positive community interest in the new facility.
We believe this project is maturing at a critical time in Brazil, with positive result. We are fortunate to be in the position we are in at the moment,”Saginaw said.
BBDC project manager for the EDPI facility development, Celso Souza said from Rio de Janeiro, “This is an important milestone for the project. After the SUDEMA review and period for public comment, we believe that we will have the preliminary license in hand in within several weeks.
This coincides with our project schedule that envisions a start of construction in early 2017 with first repair operations commencing early in 2019,”he explained.
EDPI will be located inside the harbour near the Port of Cabedelo in the municipality of Lucena in the state of Paraíba. It is ideally positioned near to major shipping lanes in the Atlantic basin. The 660,000 sq m facility will be purpose-built for shiprepair, and its two graving docks and hydrolift facilities will be capable of drydocking any ship in the world merchant fleet, the project leader claimed.