Boost for STX Brazil yard

The Promar yard’s decision to invest in the panel line will improve its efficiency in steel handling, enabling it to manage around 15,000 tons of steel throughput annually. The 320-ton capacity multiwheeler will give the shipyard high flexibility in handling a wide range of steel blocks. In general, the TTS equipment is expected to enable the STX shipyard to become more effective, profitable and competitive as it enters a period of intensive shipbuilding, with several vessels already on its order book. All TTS equipment and services will be delivered by the end of 2012.