Svitzer expands green tug offering in Brazil

Svitzer Monte KT is sister to three tugs already delivered to Svitzer in 2023, which have been deployed across the ports of Pécem, Paranagua and Santos on Brazil’s coast. 

“The delivery of the Svitzer Monte KT at Santos shows Svitzer’s commitment to continued growth in Brazil,” said Arjen Van Dijk, managing director Americas, Svitzer.

“Brazil continues to be one of Svitzer’s main growth markets in the Americas region with two further vessels, equipped with FiFi 1 firefighting capabilities to be delivered to Svitzer in Brazil by the second quarter of 2024.”

Green fleet

The tug is one of six new azimuth stern drive tugs that will be put into operation in Brazil before the end of 2024.

Designed by Robert Allen and built at the Brazilian shipyard, Rio Maguari, the Ramparts 2300 series tug has a top speed of 13 knots and a bollard pull of 70 tonnes.

By the end of 2023, Svitzer will be operating 20 tugs, including the four vessels added to the fleet in 2023, from eight ports across Brazil – Salvador, Suape, Pecem, Santos, Vitoria, Rio Grande, Sao Francisco do Sul, and Paranagua.

It will join sister tug Svitzer Atanásio in Santos, Brazil’s largest port and Latin America’s busiest container hub.