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On 6 April, Mammoet completed a load-out of the first set of four modules bound for the FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading) P66 vessel. This is the first of eight FPSOs currently under construction to meet the demands of oil production in Brazil. The end client, TUPI BV, is a consortium composed of Petrobras..

OOS International has proven itself to excellent offshore services once again. The Dutch company is acting as a floatel operator in Brazil combining high level offshore accommodation facilities and heavy lifting.  On a quarterly basis Petrobas conducts a Contractor Evaluation and Performance Indicator (PMDF, evaluation Performance Bulletin) aiming to evaluate the procedures for Health, Safety,..

OOS International, a Dutch specialised offshore asset and ship management company was requested by Petrobras to perform a heavy lifting operation at the PGP-1 platform with OOS Gretha, which has resulted in an exceptional job, since OOS Prometheus is already currently connected to PGP-1. PGP-1 is located at the Garoupa gas field in the Campos..

Royal IHC has successfully named and launched the pipelaying vessel, SAPURA RUBI, in a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. The naming of the fully integrated vessel was performed by Ms. Glaucia Maciel, Human Resource Manager of Sapura Navegação Marítima S.A. The SAPURA RUBI is the fifth 550t pipelaying vessel that IHC..

Recently, SBM has undergone organisational changes to focus on core capabilities and core products: the lease or sale of FPSOs and related services and products. Demand for FPSOs has grown as is reflected in SBM’s IFRS order book. Dennis Vinkoert recently visited SBM Offhore’s premises in Schiedam, the Netherlands, where he was cordially welcomed by..

The Brazilian ship owner CBO has ordered a design and equipment package for a platform supply vessel (PSV) of the PX105 type from Ulstein. The contract also includes an option for two more vessels. This will become the 11th Ulstein design in their fleet, of which nine are with the Ulstein X-BOW. The new vessel..

Reflex Marine has supplied two six-person FROGs to Brazil’s national operator Petrobras. The sale follows Reflex Marine’s certification by Brazil’s Directoria de Portos e Costas (DPC) and will place Petrobras as leading the way in improving the safety of offshore operations in the region. The FROGs will come into service in North-East Brazil in early..

Libra Consortium has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Odebrecht/Teekay (OOG-Teekay), winner of a tender process, for the charter of a FPSO-type platform designed for the extended well test campaign of Libra, in the Santos Basin pre-salt deposits. The delivery of the FPSO and the start-up of the first extended well test are scheduled..

16 August, the Schahin – Modec consortium, hired by Petrobras to build and operate the FPSO Cidade de Mangaratiba, initiated the process of moving the vessel out of the BrasFels shipyard, in Angra dos Reis. This platform vessel will operate in the Iracema South area of the Lula field, connected to wells in the pre-salt..

On 19 June, at the International Tug, Salvage & OSV Convention, Wilson Sons (Brazil) and Damen Shipyards Group (NL) signed a contract for two Damen PSV 5000’s. This contract further strengthens the high level of cooperation between Damen and Wilson Sons, where Wilson Sons builds vessels locally using a Damen design, engineering and material package…

A team in the R&D department of  classification society Bureau Veritas, working with Brazil’s Petrobras, has been awarded the prestigious OMAE 2013 Best Paper of Offshore Technology Symposium for its paper detailing ground breaking research into second-order rolling of FLNGs. The basic research in the paper has led to a Joint Industry Project involving nineteen..

CSA Ocean Sciences Inc, in an exclusive partnership with Germano & Associates Inc, introduced Sediment Profile Imaging (SPI) technology in Brazil and was contracted by the Environmental Assessment and Monitoring Administration of Petrobras, Cenpes/PDEDS/AMA, to conduct an environmental quality gradient study of Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. SPI technology is new to the..

SBM Offshore have now completed topside integration on their largest FPSO built to date, Cidade de Ilhabela, at the Brasa yard in Rio. When operational the FPSO will handle 150,000bpd of oil at Petrobras’ pre-salt Sapinhoá field. After a voyage spanning 10,625nm, the second of SBM Offshore’s Generation 3 FPSOs, the Cidade de Ilhabela, arrived in Brazil from China for topside..

CMM (Compagnie Maritime Monegasque) is a Monaco-based ship owning company specialising in offshore support vessels. They took delivery, on 17 April, of a Damen Platform Supply Vessel 3300. The CMM Gravity will be deployed, as of June, in Brazilian waters for a 4+4 years contract with Petrobras. CMM Gravity increases both CMM’s offshore industry credentials..

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has had its port agency and tanker husbandry services contract significantly enlarged by Petrobras. The Brazilian government-owned energy giant, which already uses ISS in Brazil, Chile, USA, Asia Pacific and China, has now requested that ISS support its expansion to 17 new port call locations in Central America and the Caribbean…

At Petrobras headquarters in Rio de Janeiro on 17 March, Petrobras President Maria das Graças Silva Foster and the Director of Exploration and Production, José Formigli, announced the start of the 7th round of the Fleet Renewal Plan for Offshore Support Vessels (Prorefam). Stock was also taken at this time of the plan from 2000..

Kongsberg Maritime has been chosen to deliver substantial technology packages for ten new pipelaying vessels ordered by Brazilian multinational energy corporation, Petrobras. In contracts valued approx. NOK 118 million, the scope of supply includes Kongsberg Maritime’s offshore vessel technology including Dynamic Positioning (DP), position reference systems, propulsion control and automation. Six 550t laying tension capacity..

The official christening of the World Sapphire marks the completion of a six-ship order whereby Damen Shipyards has delivered six Platform Supply Vessels to Norwegian company World Wide Supply AS in just 6 months. The Damen PSV 3300 features a radical design rethink, with a wave piercing bow, slender hull lines and diesel electric propulsion..

offshore construction vessel Polar Onyx The offshore construction vessel Polar Onyx was delivered on 4 March 2014 from Ulstein Verft to GC Rieber Shipping, as the latest addition to their growing investments into the subsea segment. The vessel’s first assignment will be to work for deepwater projects serving as pipelay support vessel for Petrobras offshore..

IHC Merwede has been successful in securing orders worth EUR 350 million for a wide range of dredging and offshore vessels and equipment. The company’s Dredging division has confirmed new contracts for the delivery of a large custom-built trailing suction hopper dredger, thirteen units that will be supplied by IHC Beaver Dredgers and a cutter suction dredger training..

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP represented international lenders Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and Itaú BBA International plc in providing approximately USD 150 million in financing for the purchase of an innovative compact semi-submersible multi-service vessel destined for Brazil’s most productive offshore oil and gas location. The support unit, named Olympia, represents a groundbreaking new vessel..

Technip was awarded by Petrobras two ultra-deep water contracts for the supply of flexible pipes for the Sapinhoá Norte field and I5 at Lula field (former Tupi field), located in the Santos Basin pre-salt area (Brazil), at a water depth of up to 2,500m. The combination of both contracts covers the supply of approximately 100km..

Prosafe has been awarded a contract extension by Petrobras Netherlands B.V. (Petrobras) for the provision of the Safe Concordia semi-submersible vessel for safety and maintenance support offshore Brazil. The firm period of the contract extension is three years and commences in June 2014, immediately following expiry of the existing contract firm period. Total value of the..

Damen Shipyards Group is set to deliver the fifth Platform Supply Vessel in a series of six to World Wide Supply of Norway on 5 December. World Opal is a Damen PSV 3300 CD. The first ship, World Diamond, was delivered in July and the last in the series ‘World Sapphire’ is due to be..

Mammoet has been nominated for the Latin American Trade Award 2013 by the Netherlands American Business Council (NLABC). The award, which is granted every 2 years, is given to a company that positively distinguishes itself within the Dutch – Latin American economic relations. Mammoet has been active in Latin America for nearly three decades. The..