{"id":108403,"date":"2022-10-07T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/?p=108403"},"modified":"2023-02-15T12:02:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T11:02:09","slug":"le-porte-avions-sao-paulo-est-banni-au-bresil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/le-porte-avions-sao-paulo-est-banni-au-bresil\/","title":{"rendered":"The aircraft carrier <em>Sao Paulo<\/em> is banned in Brazil!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The aircraft carrier <em>Sao Paulo<\/em>, ex-<em>Foch<\/em>, sistership of the <em>Clemenceau<\/em>, is in trouble. Towed by theDutch-flagged <em>ALP Centre<\/em>, she left Rio de Janeiro on August 4, 2022, bound for a European Union-approved shipbreaking yard.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>After the late refusal of the Turkish Ministry of Environment, the convoy turned back on September 4, before crossing the Strait of Gibraltar. Its return to Rio de Janeiro was scheduled for October 3. On October 1, it was diverted to Suape.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/voyage-Foch-robindesbois-7oct-2022-ENG.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-108712\" src=\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/voyage-Foch-robindesbois-7oct-2022-ENG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/voyage-Foch-robindesbois-7oct-2022-ENG.png 2438w, https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/voyage-Foch-robindesbois-7oct-2022-ENG-300x283.png 300w, https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/voyage-Foch-robindesbois-7oct-2022-ENG-1024x965.png 1024w, https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/voyage-Foch-robindesbois-7oct-2022-ENG-1536x1447.png 1536w, https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/voyage-Foch-robindesbois-7oct-2022-ENG-2048x1930.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Suape was a ray of hope. Next to the container terminal and the oil terminal, the Atlantico Sul shipyard has a 400 m long dry dock. Its activities range from shipbuilding to recycling. But on October 5, the State of Pernambuco refused the ex-<em>Foch<\/em>&#8216;s access to the port of Suape, citing environmental risks. Since then, the convoy of the <em>ALP Centre<\/em> and the <em>Sao Paulo<\/em> ex-<em>Foch<\/em> (265 m long, 24,000 tonnes) has been sailing back and forth off Suape.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sao-Paulo-large-Suape-robindesbois-ENG.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-108714\" src=\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sao-Paulo-large-Suape-robindesbois-ENG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sao-Paulo-large-Suape-robindesbois-ENG.png 2000w, https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sao-Paulo-large-Suape-robindesbois-ENG-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sao-Paulo-large-Suape-robindesbois-ENG-1024x700.png 1024w, https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sao-Paulo-large-Suape-robindesbois-ENG-1536x1051.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The convoy off Suape, October 5-7, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The crew of the <em>ALP Centre<\/em> has been at sea for over two months. In Brazil, the end of life of the former <em>Sao Paulo<\/em> is not an election issue. Bolsonaro and Lula have other contentious debates. The visibility is almost zero.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other press releases on the ex-<em>Foch<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/lex-foch-jumeau-du-clemenceau-en-route-pour-la-casse-en-turquie\/\">The ex-<em>Foch<\/em>, twin of the <em>Clemenceau<\/em>, on her way to the scrapyard in T\u00fcrkiye<\/a>, August 25, 2022<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/quel-avenir-pour-le-sao-paulo-ex-foch\/\">What is the future for the <em>Sao Paulo<\/em>, ex-<em>Foch<\/em>?<\/a>, September 2, 2022<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/lex-porte-avions-foch-en-route-vers-linconnu\/\">The ex-aircraft carrier <em>Foch<\/em> on her way towards the unknown,<\/a> January 20, 2023<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/mise-a-jour-porte-avions-sao-paulo-ex-foch\/\">Update \u2013 Aircraft carrier <em>Sao Paulo<\/em>, ex-<em>Foch<\/em>,<\/a> January 21, 2023<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/sabordage-du-sao-paulo-la-pollution-a-de-lavenir-2\/\">Scuttling of the <em>Sao Paulo<\/em> : pollution has a future,<\/a> February 4, 2023<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/fuego\/\">See also Fuego!, September 6, 2018 about the scuttling of the former corvette <em>Alfonso Ceirquer<\/em> off Madeira, Portugal<\/a> (with video)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only in French.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-demolition-des-navires"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}