Our History
1963 – Foundation of NORSUL Shipping Company
1966 – Start of operations with the first oceanic convoy, consisting of the Tupã pusher and the NORSUL 1 vessel.
1977 – First merchant vessel fully built in Brazil: the NORSUL IMBITUBA.
1982 – Delivery of bulk carriers built in Brazil and start of operations of Open Hatch Box Shaped Holds type ships for homogeneous cargo (cellulose, wood, aluminum, concentrated orange juice).
1988 – First two Open Hatch Box Shaped Holds vessels start operation between South American East Coast and the Northern Europe.
1991 – Start of operations between the East Coast of South America and the West Coast of North and Central America and full container vessel operations between the East Coast of South America and Africa and Asia.
1995 – Full containers operation starts (1.500 TEUs) linking South America, Africa and the far East.
1998 – Acquisition, through an auction by the Federal Government, of the bankrupt estate of the state company Lloyd Brasileiro, of five more bulk carriers, and execution with own personnel of their recoveries, leasing a national shipyard;
1999 – NORSUL becomes the largest private dry bulk transport company in Brazil in number of vessels and deadweight capacity.
2000 – NORSUL innovates and brings to Brazil the concept of ocean convoys, designing and building its fleet of ocean convoys in the country, signing long-term maritime transport contracts with three large industrial groups in the wood, pulp and steel products segments.
2003 – Eucaliptus log operation and Ocean Convoy start, between Bahia and Espirito Santo.
2004 – Start supporting the Humpback Whale Institute (instituto Baleia Jubarte), including the embarkation of biologists on the pusher boats to monitor the evolution of the presence of whales on the coast of Bahia.
2005 – Wood pulp operation by Ocean Convoy starts from Belmonte Bahia to Portocel Espírito Santo.
2006 – Beginning of Vega traffic operations with Brazilian-flagged ocean convoys between Espírito Santo and Santa Catarina, carrying heavy steel coils.
2011 – Dry bulk Panamax delivery under Brazilian Flag, fleet modernization starting up.
2012 – Delivery of a new multi-purpose vessel, with a Brazilian flag, to replace the already old tonnage and promotion of the first women to Commander and Chief of Machinery, in the NORSUL fleet.
2014 – Liquid bulk ocean operation start, under the Brazilian flag and supporting east coast of South America countries.
2018 – Environmental programs start: Onda Verde and Electronic and organic garbage recycling. Start of feeder short-distance from Teporti to Itapoá.
2019 – Beginning of Norsul Carbon Neutral Program.
2020 – Start offsetting its emissions through Carbon Neutral Program. Join Getting Zero Coalition 2030” Program start. Deep fleet modernization program.
