Guaran Feeder Before His Initial Trip

Before his initial trip, we visited at the port of Asuncion the company fleet of Guaran Feeder, there we were greeted by Captain Daniel Boya operation manager and CEO William Brasesco.

Guaran Feeder  S.A.  was created in 2012 with the purpose of entering the business of river transport of containers in order to meet the existing and growing demand by the main actors of foreign trade of Paraguay, as it applies to have a service of 'feeder' reliable, high quality, technology and trained human resources.

The 'feeder' service will serve the logistics corridor ports and ports of Paraguay and Rio de la Plata (Montevideo and / or Buenos Aires) where it will connect to ocean services major Shipping Lines, the goal is to offer the market a fixed day weekly service from the end of 2015, both in Paraguay and terminals Ports and / or Terminales Rio de la Plata.

The following premises on which was conceived and built the service today are fundamental pillars of the company:

Service totally dedicated to containerized cargoes ("full Container"):

- Independent and neutral Service

- Homogeneous fleet, specially designed and built for this logistics corridor.

- High load capacity even in the dry season.

- Integrity itinerary.

- Systems specific software specially developed for this industry.

- International standards

For this first trip from the port of Asuncion to Montevideo (Uruguay) has its brand new fleet of two pusher tugs and a barge:

The pusher GF Tuyuti was designed and built at the shipyard Sneed Shipbuilding, Inc. Texas, USA during 2013 and 2014, and was delivered in the 2nd quarter of 2014, within an agreement of transfer of technology and know-how with the consortium CIE y Astillero Chaco Paraguayo so that they can continue manufacturing the same model of push boat in Paraguay at Astillero Chaco Paraguayo shipyard. (Pusher Tug GF Boqueron, see next note). With an overall length of: 34.75 m, beam: 10.36 m Draft: 3.33m, has two main engines Caterpillar model 3512 C 3000 hp, Caterpillar C6.6 generators power 99 Kva each, two traditional shafts with propeller and nozzles, two rudders forward and four reverse. It has an innovative design specially adapted for the of navigation above mentioned rivers, considering its features, low draft, encounters currents, downspouts, a lot of sand in the water, and great maneuverability.

GF Humaita pushboat, with an overall length of 31m, beam 9m and draft 4.25 m, main engines Caterpillar engines 3512 model B, traditional lines propeller shaft with nozzles. It has been acquired by the company in Singapore in December 2013 and brought sailing from Singapore by the Dutch company TOS, and completely remodeled and overhauled at the shipyard Paraguayan Chaco to meet navigation in the route of the Rio de la Plata, for it the vessel is prepared to work both as pusher tug and tug boat as well. When weather conditions prevent push mode, it may pull the barge by a specially developed maneuver among the engineers of the factory Samson ropes and  the appointed by the owner, with Dyneema synthetic fiber strands, providing the same resistance than steel cable while maintaining the same diameter,  weight 1/7of the steel cable, allows greater maneuverability, ductility and ease of operation, that it afloat and is fireproof, for it ends Saturn 12 state of the art development of synthetic rope was chosen.

The Guaran F 501 barge (DECK BARGE) built by the shipyard CIE-Paraguayan Chaco, has a unique design developed entirely in Paraguay, offers innovative feature never seen before in the region. With 95 m in length, beam 27.5m and 3.8m maximum draft, 7000 tons of load capacity (intake) and a nominal capacity of 500 TEUs. Equipped with 2 units of Caterpillar electric power generation with 250 KVA power each, to feed up to 50 refrigerated containers and eventually winches, welding machines in an emergency could supply power to the pusher or other barges.

The design of the barge was conducted by the engineering study FONTEC (www.fontec.com.ar) of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Its cutting edge design, bow launched in V allows overseas navigation, it has a deckhouse forward with cabins to accommodate 2 or 3 crew, equipped with solar panels for powering lighting system including navigation lights. Details of construction quality and design, anchor with chain, bow protected for sea shock, flushing system that can be used as fire-fighting system, adapting mooring maneuver on deck, bumpers, towers, lighting in all deck hallways.