Zhenhua No. 24, loaded with 3
STSs and 5 RTGs by ZPMC for Brazil Salvador Port, arrived at the Port after the
44-day voyage on May 14th. Sergio Augusto Gonçalves, COO of the
Terminal, expressed that ZPMC completed the manufacturing and transportation in
spite of the serious impact of COVID-19, providing a strong support to
improving the operation capacity of the Terminal. He believed that it was a
correction decision to select products by ZPMC fromChina.
The Project attracted the
attention from the leading media, including Xinhuanet, People.cn, Guozixiaoxin,
Cnstock and Sina Finance, reporting the Company made successful shipping for
overseas projects as scheduled in spite of the impact of the pandemic.
To make sure the timely
berthing and unloading of the equipment, ZPMC International Group made
collective coordination and the after-sales service team of Santos Brasil and
the team of South America Subsidiary arrived at the Port in time for the
support. South America Subsidiary sent the team from Santos to the unloading
site in Salvador with buses after 35-hour driving for 2,200km, due to the
impact of the pandemic in Brazil. The temporary unloading team was founded with
all the people and the unloading technicians of Offshore Service Group on the
Ship, making sure the successful unloading on the site.
The unloading team on the site
has completed unloading the first equipment with the coordination of different
parties in spite of the difficulties of the pandemic and the shortage of the
manpower at present. It was planned to complete unloading all the equipment by
22nd of this month.
SalvadorPort, near the northwest
side of the Atlantic, is the largest container terminal in the north ofBrazil. ZPMC
entered the market ofBrazilin 1996 and has provided 62 STSs, 87 RMGs and ship unloaders, gantry cranes and
other port machinery until now. Both parties have been in the friendly
cooperation sinceSalvadorPortpurchased the
port machinery by ZPMC for the first time in 2000. The shipped equipment will
be put into the operation of the new berthing positions of the Terminal after
the debugging and delivery on the site.