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Translation amateur - just informational
Japanese shipowner K line arrives tomorrow in Suape, 228 Chevrolet cars Agile. Cargo left the Port of Zarate, Argentina, on 12 General Motors (GM) will hold tomorrow a pilot operation of its central distribution of vehicles (CDV) in Port and Industrial Complex Suape.
The ship STX Oriole, of the ship-owner Japanese K Line, will berth at Pier 4 15pm, bringing 228 vehicles Chevrolet Agile, imported from Argentina. The idea was that this first operation was done with the presence of Governor Eduardo Campos and the president of GM Brazil and Mercosul, Jaime Ardila, but the official event must occur when the second vessel arrive carrying 500 cars.
This first operation will be experimental. We will measure the time of landing and take notes in computer technology to guide the next landing, says director of operations Suape, Jorge Dias. The expectancy is to land at l east 100 vehicles per hour.
The vehicles will arrive in a ship-type roll on - roll off (roll in / roll off). Kind of a vessel that have a side much larger than the others and allows cargos (cars, trucks and buses) loads and discharges through ramps. With 12 holds (floors), the ship is a kind of parking garage, compares Edvaldo Batista, Director Comércio e Navegação E. Batista, Port agency and Port operator by K Line.
The operator explained that a team of 16 professionals will be responsible for unloading. The stevedores for this operation have specialized course for driving, he says. Our stevedores are responsible to unload from vessel to the pier and the transfer from of the pier into the final park will be performed by the port operator m Start Navegação.
Jorge Dias says that after this pilot operation, the port should receive 2 vessels per month, each bringing 500 cars.
Vehicles imported by GM will be distributed in the northeast market. CDV announcement came in January 2008 at an big event with the Governor Eduardo Campos and Jaime Ardila riding cars.
Fonte: Jornal do Commercio (PE)/Adriana Guarda |
