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OTSV arrives in Rio
OTSV Marina I from owners Locar has arrived in Guanabara Bay to commencer her first contract with Petrobras. The vessel went through modifications in China and is expected to start her charter in the coming weeks. This is the first offshore supply vessel acquired by Locar, a company that traditionally has only operated line handlers […]
OSRV tender closed
Last Friday (16), Petrobras received offers for its OSRV tender that foresees the charter of up to 7 vessels. All offers considered Brazilian flag or REB and a 1460 days firm contract. Petrobras' indicative budget for this tender was USD 35.020,95. If compared to the previous tender, the average daily rates presented by bidders increased […]
PSV tender closed
Last Thursday (15), Petrobras received offers for the PSV public tender that could potentially charter up to 21 vessels. The opportunity would accept BR, REB and foreign flagged vessels being proposed, for a firm duration of 1460 days. This time without a reference budget disclosed, but still a high utilization/low availability market, the tender was […]
PRIO: Wahoo's update
In an event with business representatives, PRIO reinforced it’s ready to start drilling in the Wahoo field, Campos Basin. All that’s missing is the Brazilian Institute for Environment and Renewable Natural Resources approval. The expectation is that the first oil will be extracted in this year’s thirdquarter with an estimated 40 thousand boed, going until […]
AHTS multipurpose arrives
Oceanicasub X, another AHTS acquisition for Oceanica’s fleet, has arrived in Brazil. The vessel was awarded by Petrobras in a public opportunity back in 2022 as AHTS Multipurpose for a firm duration of approx. 4 years. Besides the regular activities of an AHTS, the vessel will also be required to engage in ROV and shallow […]
Explaining the Boskalis move on ALP
Shipyards are full and rates are rapidly picking up, and Boskalis sets a strategy to grow organically through acquisitions. The recent full take over of ALP Maritime makes a lot of sense. Boskalis eyes the long-distance ocean towage market, specifically the FPSOs and even more so the box-shaped hulls. Consider the future Equinor Brasil unit […]
Investments coming
The ANP (National Oil Agency) reported that investments in the production phase of Brazil’s current oil and gas contracts will total just over R$130 billion in 2024. The Santos Basin will receive the majority of investments: 60.4%, followed by Campos Basin (28.17%) and Sergipe Basin (6.26%). The majority will be allocated to platform works with […]
Workshop at WSB
Wednesday 31st January. To top it all off for the first month of a promising year for the shipping industry, WSB Advisors held its first quarterly workshop of 2024, in our headquarters downtown Rio de Janeiro. WSB One, our exclusive and most comprehensive offshore database in the local market provided the data that supported a […]
Prio’s new OSV?
Back in 2022, PRIO announced the acquisition of the semi-submersible rig West Capricorn, which has since been renamed Hunter Queen and is presently involved in drilling activities for the company. While not officially announced, it appears that the Brazilian oil company will add a 2002-built MPSV named Edda Fjord to its fleet this year. The […]
fmm priority for 10 PSVs
A new cycle of priorities for new building projects is being assigned in anticipation of the new building tender expected from Petrobras” says Raphael Montes, Proposals Manager from WSB Advisors. The Board of the Merchant Marine Fund (CDFMM) has voted the priorities for their last meeting on 12th December 2023. We have confirmed that CMM […]
solstad vessel chartered
As first-hand reported by WSB Advisors in July 2023, solstad took first place on the 50 POB accommodation vessel with just below USD 90k daily rate with the Normand Australis.The Norwegian listed owner has now announced the contract signature with Normand Fortress replacing the Normand Australis according to availability.Normand Fortress is expected in Brazil Q2 […]
Aibel delivering modules
Modules built by the Norwegian company Aibel for the FPSO Bacalhau left shipyard in Thailand bound to Singapore where parts are ready waiting to be integrated to the shipping hull before it heads to Brazil. Aibel produced 22 thousand tons of upper modules. The FPSO will be delivered to MODEC and chartered by Equinor, operating […]
Shipbroker: understand who is this professional
The shipbroker plays a very important role in the maritime industry, facilitating transactions related to the purchase, sale or charter of vessels. It acts as an intermediary between shipowners, charterers and other stakeholders in the sector. The main role of the shipbroker is to facilitate negotiations between interested parties. This involves understanding each client's specific […]
TotalEnergies with new projects
TotalEnergies and its partners from the Libra consortium have initiated a series of offshore wind measurements in the pre-salt region. According to the company, the goal is to gather novel and high-quality data on the wind behavior in the pre-salt region to support future offshore wind projects.
OSRV up up and away
Petrobras tender for the charter of up to 12 OSRVs had its results disclosed to the market with 9 Brazilian flagged vessels hired. 13 proposals were presented, 8 proposals were originally qualified, 1 was under analysis and were disqualified. “We noticed some offers just below Petrobras’ indicative budget of USD 31K/day, and Petrobras consider hiring […]
heavy investments
The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) released a forecast for exploration investments in Brazil in 2024. The institution states that oil companies will invest US$1.96 billion in the country this year. Of this total, 95% must be invested in offshore oil fields. Well drilling is the activity that will most impact investments planned for the year, […]
SDSV tender protested
The currently open SDSV tender from Petrobras was announced after approximately 2 months of silence and only 2 vessels qualified (Far Sound and Far Scimitar), although Petrobras had earlier mentioned potential for more vessels. The duo presented by Oceanica is not suitable, according to a well sustained recourse presented by Belov. As Chouest vessels presented […]
Award to the PSV’s
Following the public notice on the first week of 2024 with the final qualification of 9 vessels in Petrobras opportunity for up to 20 PSVs issued last year, the Brazilian Oil Major has now disclosed the public award for all 9 vessels previously qualified. Amongst the awards, there were 3 PSV OSRV, 2 PSV Multipurpose […]
Petrobras on the move for newbuildings
Signs of newbuilding orders on the horizon, Petrobras on the move released suggested design specifications for PSVs and RSVs for their potentially upcoming newbuild tender. It’s getting closer. PSVs of 5,000t dwt, 1,000m2 deck area and multipurpose tank configuration (dedicated cargo is history) are desired, whereas RSVs are set for up to 3,000m water depth, […]
Enauta boosting production
Reflecting share prices doubling from just above BRL 10,00 in late March 2023 to just above BRL 20,00 on 26th December 2023, Enauta is capturing the currently positive market reaction as it concludes the acquisitions of Uruguá-Tambaú (100%) and Parque das Conchas (23%) interests, as well as FPSO Cidade de Santos (deployed in Uruguá-Tambaú). In […]
Petrobras’ OSRVs tender
Petrobras has disclosed the partial results of its OSRV 750 tender, that closed on November 7th 2023, for the charter of up to 12 vessels. The following vessels and respective companies have been approved for contracting by Petrobras: GNL 1015, from owners Galáxia Navegação; Marlin Yare, from owners Marlin Navegação; Jim O´Brien and Fernando de […]
petrobras’ up to 20 PSVs
Petrobras has disclosed the partial results of its PSV tender for the charter of up to 20 vessels. As previously reported in our Weekly Market, the tender closed on November 10th 2023 and sought various PSV categories such as PSV OSRV, general cargo, multipurpose and fluid carrier. The following vessels and respective companies have been […]
modec contracts shipyard
BrasFELS shipyard in Angra dos Reis, located around 150 km far from Rio de Janeiro, was hired by Modec to build topside modules for the FPSO of the Raia Project, in Campos Basin. The work should begin in the first quarter of 2024. The agreement provides for the manufacturing of three modules: Vapor recovery/flare knockout […]
new psv tender
Equinor is out in the market seeking to charter one PSV 3500 or 4500 dwt. Contract period will be of 12 months firm plus 2 options of 3 months each with commencement set for the first week of April 2024. The Norweigian oil company curretly has 6 PSVs under charter and will soon mobilized another […]
new AHTS tender
PRIO issued a tender to hire an AHTS with at least 180ton bollard pull and DP2. Commencement is set for March 2024 for a 180 days firm plus 90 days option contract. In case of interest, bidders have until December 20th to submit an offer. Back in July the company hired AHTS 15000 GH Navigator […]