By Lisandra Paraguassu and Sergio Queiroz ATAFONA, Brazil (Reuters) – Sonia Ferreira’s two-story house with a pool and garden on the Brazilian coast was yet another casualty of the advancing waves of…
https://gcaptain.com/brazils-coastline-faces-accelerated-erosion-as-atlantic-advances/
By Bruno Kelly and Jake Spring MANAUS, Brazil, Oct 4 (Reuters) – The river port in the Amazon rainforest’s largest city of Manaus on Friday hit its lowest level since 1902, as a drought…
https://gcaptain.com/levels-at-amazon-port-hits-122-year-low-amid-drought/
SAO PAULO, Oct 13 (Reuters) – A severe drought is disrupting barge traffic on the Tapajos river in the Amazon rainforest, shipping agencies told clients this week as Brazil enters the final months of 2023’s…
https://gcaptain.com/amazon-drought-continues-to-disrupt-barge-traffic/
BRASILIA, Oct 11 (Reuters) – The barge carrying three trucks and 2,000 empty cooking gas cylinders lies stranded on the vast sand banks of a diminished Rio Negro river after running aground…
Brazilian shipping company Hidrovias do Brasil recently took delivery of two new inland pusher tugs that were built to a design by Canadian naval architecture firm Robert ..
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New tugs have been delivered to two operators in Brazil and one in Kenya. Meanwhile, orders have been placed for a new inland pusher tug for an American customer and a lo ..
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The Associacao e Fraternidade Sao Francisco de Assis na Providencia de Deus, a Brazilian Catholic fraternal religious organisation, has taken delivery of a new barco hosp ..
A newly acquired hospital ship will be operated along the Amazon River to provide medical services to some of Brazil’s remote coastal communities. Owned by local Ca ..
Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd Cruises recently took delivery of a new luxury expedition ship. Built by Fincantieri’s Norwegian subsidiary Vard to DNV ice class and Polar ..
Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd Cruises took delivery of a new luxury expedition ship on Tuesday, June 29. Built by Fincantieri subsidiary Vard, Hanseatic Spirit is the third ..