Brazil
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Ports and Logistics
Brazil to hold public hearings next week on privatisation of two ports in São Paulo
Brazil’s national water transport agency ANTAQ will hold public hearings, on February 7 and 10, related to the planned concessions…
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Offshore
Enauta acquires definite FPSO for Brazilian oilfield
Brazil’s Enauta has agreed to purchase the 1989-built floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to be used as a…
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Offshore
TechnipFMC awarded large EPCI contract by Petrobras for Búzios 6 field
TechnipFMC, a technology provider to traditional and new energy industries, has been awarded a large subsea engineering, procurement, construction and…
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Ports and Logistics
Brazil to auction Port of Santos in Q4 after planned expansion
The Brazilian Ministry of Infrastructure has published an ordinance to expand the jurisdictional limits of the Port of Santos, almost…
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Ports and Logistics
Drug cartels force MSC to suspend intermodal operations in Brazil with Santos labelled cocaine’s ‘world trade center’
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s largest containerline, has put some land operations on hold in Brazil, fearful of drug…
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Offshore
Fugro wins contract to support subsea operations in Brazil’s Mero 2 project
Maersk Supply Service has awarded Fugro a subsea survey and positioning contract to support installation of an anchoring system for…
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Offshore
Petrobras begins process to contract suppliers to develop its patented HISEP technology
Petrobras has started hiring suppliers to manufacture, install and test its patented HISEP technology designed to separate CO2-rich gas from…
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Offshore
Enauta extends floater charter offshore Brazil
Brazil’s Enauta Energia has struck a deal with Altera to extend the charter and operation and maintenance of floating production…
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Dry Cargo
Vale resumes Minas Gerais operations as rainfall weakens
Brazilian miner Vale has partially and gradually restarted operations in the state of Minas Gerais after being forced to shut…
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Offshore
Wintershall Dea exits Brazil
European gas and oil company Wintershall Dea has decided to terminate its operations in Brazil, including closing its office in…
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Ports and Logistics
Brazil exploring use of ports in Chile and Argentina
Brazil’s federal planning and logistics firm EPL is looking at the possibility of exporting products from the state of Mato…
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Dry Cargo
Vale suspends iron ore operations in Minas Gerais due to heavy rains
Brazilian miner Vale has partially halted operations at its Southeastern and Southern iron ore systems due to the heavy rains…
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Containers
New service links Argentina with Asia
TecPlata, International Container Terminal Services, Inc’s (ICTSI) business unit operating at the Port of La Plata, Argentina, and the Port…
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Offshore
Solstad awarded long-term AHTS contract by Petrobras
Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has been awarded a new contract with Petrobras for 2007-built AHTS vessel . The…
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Offshore
Brazilian offshore oilfield auction raises $2bn
An offshore oilfield auction in Brazil on Friday attracted 11 bidders for the same fields that, in 2019, received no…
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Shipyards
Keppel receives extension to pay $52.7m owed as part of Brazilian resolution
As part of a global resolution reached in 2017 with authorities in the US, Brazil and Singapore in relation to…
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Offshore
Seadrill seals new drillship contract with Petrobras
Offshore driller Seadrill has secured a contract with Petrobras for work in the Búzios field offshore Brazil for the 2014-built…
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Offshore
TechnipFMC seals framework deals with Petrobras
UK-headquartered subsea giant TechnipFMC has been awarded three frame agreements by Petrobras worth between $500m and $1bn for flexible pipes…
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Offshore
AKOFS Offshore wins three-year OSCV contract with Petrobras
Oslo-based AKOFS Offshore has signed a firm three-year contract with Petrobras for its 2009-built offshore subsea construction vessel which will…
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Offshore
Petrobras plans to drill first well at Equatorial Margin in 2022
Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) plans to begin drilling at the Equatorial Margin in 2022, according to the company’s reservoir executive manager…
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