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Port of Tubarao first time receives Vale Espirito Santo

The Port of Tubarão in Vitória, Brazil, will receive today (Oct. 31, 2012) the Vale Espírito Santo, a ship capable of transporting 400,000 tonnes of iron ore. Named for the state that is home to the company's most important iron ore export port, the ship will be loaded up with ore before sailing to the Port of Sohar in Oman. This will be the ship's first loading operation and the tenth time a Valemax vessel has docked at Tubarão, following Vale's work to prepare the port to accommodate the world's largest ore carriers. The Vale Espírito Santo, which was built at a Chinese shipyard by STX Dalian Shipbuilding Co, is 361 meters long and 65 meters wide. It is one of 18 ships already operating, out of a total order for 35 ships owned or chartered by Vale, placed with Chinese and South Korean shipyards, to be delivered by 2013, and to operate exclusively for the company.