On May 6 shuttle tanker Sertanejo Spirit was officially welcomed at the Rio harbor in Brazil. More than a hundred guests from BG Group and Teekay joined the naming ceremony. Sertanejo Spirit is one of new Samba Class tankers to operate for BG in Brazil under 10-year time-charters. The high-spec, DP2 shuttle tanker is designed […]
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On 29 April the Port of Rotterdam Authority and TPK (Terminal Presidente Kennedy) Logistica signed a joint venture agreement in Vitória, Brazil for the development of Porto Central, a new port in Brazil. TPK Logistica is owned by a group of Brazilian companies with a great deal of experience in the mining, construction and offshore […]
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CMM (Compagnie Maritime Monégasque S.A.M.) has taken delivery of a Damen Platform Supply Vessel 3300. The 80-metre long, 3,300t deadweight vessel CMM Gravity will be deployed in the Brazilian waters from June 2014 on a 4+4 year contract with Petrobras. The vessel will be compliant to Petrobras specifications, including Petrobras Annex V. Next to the […]
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Classification society ClassNK has established a new exclusive survey office in Belem, Brazil. Located on the northeast coast of Brazil adjacent to the Para River, Belem is the second largest city in the northern Brazil. The entrance gate to the Amazon River, Belem also has one of the largest ports in the region. The Belem […]
Shanghai-based China Shipping Group has further developed the group’s global presence with the launch of its South America Holding Corp in Brazil. The launch ceremony of China Shipping (South America) Holding Co. Ltd. was held in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 28th 2014. Leaders from the Chinese embassy in Brazil and Chinese consulate in Sao […]
Petrobras has commenced the removal of the hull of P-66 platform in the Rio Grande Shipyard, Brazil. The operation required dredging to open the gate, which was conducted by LUSCHI. “About 30,000 cubic meters of sediment were dredged in less than 20 days using a hopper dredge and a very powerful submersible pump for inaccessible […]
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As of May, Aliança Navegação e Logística will operate a new cabotage service especially developed for the project cargo sector. The company has chartered a multi-purpose vessel “Aliança Energia” to carry heavy lift cargoes. The vessel will have a 100% Brazilian crew and fly the Brazilian flag. The company’s primary purpose is to develop a […]
Due to subdued market growth and operational problems in the vastly overstretched ports in Brazil, Hamburg Süd and its Brazilian subsidiary Aliança were only able to increase transport volume in liner services by 1 per cent year-on-year to around 3.3 million TEU. With freight rates falling slightly and devaluation of the most important earnings currency […]
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Keppel Singmarine Brasil Ltda. (KSMB), of Navegantes, Brazil has recently completed the construction of the SMIT Pareci, the second of a series of six Robert Allan designed RAmparts 2500 tugs, for SMIT Rebocadores do Brasil (Rebras), of Rio de Janeiro. The SMIT Pareci was delivered in December of 2013, and follows its sister, the SMIT […]
Petrobras, a Brazil-based integrated oil and gas company, has announced the 7th round of its fleet renewal plan for offshore support vessels (Prorefam). The announcement was made on Monday morning (March 17) at Petrobras headquarters in Rio de Janeiro by the company’s President Maria das Graças Silva Foster and the Director of Exploration and Production, José […]
