In 2012, due to the 35th anniversary of production in the Campos Basin, Petrobras honored Engineer Zephyrino Lavenère Machado Filho, who died that year, by baptizing the former Imbetiba Port as “Porto Engenheiro Zephyrino Lavenère Machado Filho”.
The engineer coordinated the team that first extracted commercial oil from the Campos Basin and was an active participant in the evolution and development of submarine engineering, which made it possible to extract oil from deep waters.
Built at the end of the 1970s, until 2018, the port carried out logistics supply operations to meet the demands of general cargo, diesel, water, liquid and solid bulk, of the Exploration and Production Units operating in the Campos Basin. In 2016, in compliance with the new legislation, we signed a TUP (Private Use Terminal) Joinder Agreement with ANTAQ, No. 111/2016, in force until the present date.
As of 2018, with the transfer of demands from the Exploration and Production Units of the Campos and Espírito Santo Basin to the Açu Port, as it has better logistics, Petrobras started several infrastructure works at BMAC, such as deepening the maritime access channels, adjustments to the mooring structures, among others, so as to transform it into a special operations port, with the purpose of meeting the demands of the Anchoring Submarine Engineering, in addition to other special services such as Ocean Terminals Operation (OPTO).
A new port operator was also contracted, with characteristics that are better suited to meet the anchoring demands, which moves torpedoes up to 120 tons and anchoring chains that are even larger. As of January 2021, the anchoring operations were fully transferred to BMAC.
Porto Engenheiro Zephyrino Lavanère Machado Filho is located in the municipality of Macaé, 182 km from the capital, in the Northern shore of the State of Rio de Janeiro. The area borders the cities of Quissamã, Carapebus and Conceição de Macabu, in the North; Rio das Ostras and Casimiro de Abreu, in the South; Trajano de Moraes and Nova Friburgo, West; and the Atlantic Ocean, East.
Imbetiba Terminal
The use of the Imbetiba cove to move cargo dates back to 1872, same period in which the construction of the Campos-Macaé channel started. At that time, the site was an alternative to the distribution of the agricultural production of the region, which was previously and exclusively done through São João da Barra. At the start of the 20th Century, with the conclusion of the railway, which connected Macaé to the city of Niterói, the port, which was in its prime at the end of the previous century, started to decline and stopped being the center of the local economy.
By road: BR 101 and Rodovia Amaral Peixoto
The port can also be accessed by Rio Dourado, Rio das Ostras or Macaé.
By train: There is none
By sea: Imbetiba Bay / Macaé
Reference: Ordinance 060/91 of the Capitania dos Portos do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)
Alpha Area: mainly used for vessels contracted by Petrobras with maximum draught of five (5) meters, limited by the polygon formed by the coordinates:
Bravo Area: mainly used by vessels contracted by Petrobras with draught between five (5) and eight (8) meters, limited by the polygon formed by the coordinates:
Equipment to transport cargo:
South Access Channel
North Access Channel
Buoys (quantity)
Two luminous buoys, namely:
| Número de ordem | Nome | Cor | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRORD 2178 | Imbetiba nº 1 | E | 22 22,74' S | 41 45,18' W |
| NRORD 2179 | Imbetiba nº2 | V | 22 22,85' S | 41 45,17’ W |
| NRORD 2179.01 | Imbetiba nº3 | E | 22 22,80' S | 41 45,61’ W |
| NRORD 2179.02 | Imbetiba nº4 | V | 22 22,90’ S | 41 45,59’ W |
| NRORD 2180 | Imbetiba nº5 | E | 22 22,87’ S | 41 46,06’ W |
| NRORD 2187 | Base de Imbetiba | R(9)B | 22 22,96’ S | 41 45,86’ W |
| NRORD 2184 | Imbetiba nº7 | E | 22 22,95’ S | 41 46,11’ W |
| NRORD 2186 | Imbetiba nº09 | E | 22 23,06’ S | 41 46,18’ W |
| NRORD 2186.02 | Imbetiba Sul nº1 | E | 22 23,30’ S | 41 45,51’ W |
| NRORD 2186.03 | Imbetiba Sul nº2 | V | 22 23,37’ S | 41 45,60’ W |
| NRORD 2186.04 | Imbetiba Sul nº3 | E | 22 23,11’ S | 41 45,71’ W |
| NRORD 2186.05 | Imbetiba Sul nº4 | V | 22 23,19’ S | 41 45,79’ W |
| NRORD 2188 / G 0348.5 | Imbetiba (Molhe) | V | 22 23,01’ S | 41 45,99’ W |
Scheduling delivery and/or retrieval of cargo from the Imbetiba Port Base must be done by filling out this form.
After completing the form, your request will be reviewed and you will receive a confirmation email for the scheduling, along with a password. This document must be presented at the Petrobras Cargo Gate, as well as in our Screening Department, together with all other cargo documentation.
Scheduling must be done at least 12 hours in advance. A grace period of up to 30 minutes past the scheduled time will be allowed for delays in truck arrivals. Trucks arriving late will not be accommodated and a new scheduling will need to be arranged for the next available slot.
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