Estaleiro Atlantico Sul shipyard (EAS) has delivered Transpetro’s new Suezmax oil tanker, the Zumbi dos Palmares, the second built by the Pernambuco based shipyard. The Zumbi dos Palmares is a giant 274 meters long, with capacity to transport almost half of the national daily oil production. This is the fifth ship to enter into [...]
Aliança’s new container ship ‘Sebastião Caboto’ was christened recently at the Terminal Maritimo de Passageiros in the port of Santos. The Sebastiao Caboto, built by Shanghai Shipyard Co., Ltd., is the first of a series of four identical container ships which each have a slot capacity of 3,800 TEU and are each fitted with 500 reefer [...]
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Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. has launched the M/V BRAVANTE V, the first of five Platform Supply Vessels ordered by Boldini S.A. of Brazil. STX Canada Marine provided the design which is the basis for the very successful and proven Eastern Shipbuilding “Tiger Shark Class” series. Five other Offshore Supply Vessels in this series have been [...]
The plans to build a center of excellence for the shipbuilding industry in Brazil were highlighted in the presentation made by Paulo Sergio Rodrigues Alonso, Petrobras Local Content Advisor to the President and the Executive Coordinator of Prominp, during an event sponsored by the Brazil-Texas Chamber of Commerce (Bratecc), which took place today (May 8), [...]
South Shields based Solar Solve Marine recently received two orders for their SOLASAFE® anti glare roller screens from STX OSV Niteroi shipyard in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to be installed onto Hulls 30 and 31, the latest vessels under construction at the yard. The Brazilian yard employs around 1,388 people and was originally established in [...]
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Less than two years since its launch in Latin America, the freight forwarding division of Norbert Dentressangle has opened a second office in Brazil. Norbert Dentressangle opened offices in Sao Paulo and Santiago in 2011 as part of the continued development of its freight forwarding business, which now employs around 600 colleagues across 52 offices [...]
On April 24, Brazilian Inace Shipyard held a keel laying ceremony marking the initiation of the construction of the Hydro-Oceanographic ship (NHoFlu) “Rio Branco” (White River). The vessel will be built by Shipbuilding Ceará (Inace) and it is the first ship fully designed by the Ship Design Center of the Brazilian Navy. The construction of the [...]
Over the next five years, Quest expects an 88% growth in floating production system (FPS) award levels illustrating a strong resurgence of investment in high-capital, major deep water developments. This growth coupled with current high levels of offshore rig construction will buoy oil & gas related utilization of major offshore fabrication shipyards to record levels. [...]
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Petrobras has signed contracts for 23 support vessels, as part of the Fleet Renewal Plan for Offshore Support Vessels. The units, type PSV 4500 and OSRV 750, fulfill 60% local content requirements and will be built in Brazil. This was the 4th Round of the Fleet Renewal Plan. In July this year, Petrobras will go [...]
The Wilson Sons Group has inaugurated the second Wilson Sons Shipyards unit in Guarujá (SP). As a result of a US$ 60 million investment, the shipyard,, which builds tugboats and offshore support vessels, is expected to double its capacity. The shipyard, which has been named Guarujá II, is equipped with a dry dock which is [...]
