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Author: Westhon Média

  • TEN takes delivery of Anfield DP for long-term employment in Brazil

    TEN takes delivery of Anfield DP for long-term employment in Brazil

    Tsakos Energy Navigation has taken delivery of the 154,850 dwt DP2 Suezmax shuttle tanker Anfield DP from Samsung Heavy Industries.

    The vessel will begin a ten-year charter with a U.S. oil major, with extension options that could keep it employed until its 20th anniversary.

    Anfield DP is the third vessel delivered under TEN’s current programme of 12 new DP2 shuttle tankers. The company now operates seven units and has nine more on order, taking its shuttle tanker fleet to 16 vessels by the end of 2028.

    The scale and duration of the programme reflect the long-term capacity being committed to Brazil’s offshore market

  • West Carina completes 18-well campaign in Búzios

    West Carina completes 18-well campaign in Búzios

    Seadrill’s drillship West Carina has completed its drilling and completion campaign in the Búzios field after more than three years of operations.

    According to the company, the rig delivered 18 wells while supporting the expanded use of Managed Pressure Drilling in one of Petrobras’ most technically demanding offshore developments.

    West Carina also became the first rig in Seadrill’s fleet to deploy Pressurized Mud Cap Drilling and Floating Mud Cap Drilling techniques.

    In a previous operation disclosed by Seadrill, the use of PMCD reduced drilling time from 32 to 12 days, illustrating the potential impact of the technology in challenging pre-salt formations.

    The drillship remained in Brazil through successive contract extensions, with its latest term running through June 2026.

    Seadrill has not disclosed the rig’s next assignment.

  • Por Onde Anda? Bram Force

    Por Onde Anda? Bram Force

    More than a year after suffering a major engine room fire, Bram Force has returned to offshore operations in Brazil, once again working in the Campos Basin.

    Delivered by Navship in 2017, the Brazilian-flagged AHTS is part of Bram Offshore, the Brazilian subsidiary of Edison Chouest Offshore.

    On 8 January 2025, while operating near Petrobras’ P-37, the vessel experienced an engine room fire. The crew was safely evacuated by a nearby Maersk vessel, firefighting operations lasted approximately 12 hours, and no injuries or pollution were reported.

    Following the casualty, the vessel was towed to the Port of Açu, where the Brazilian Navy initiated an Administrative Inquiry. After the extent of the damage was assessed, Bram Force underwent an extensive repair programme at Navship in Itajaí, the same shipyard where she was originally built.

    AIS data now confirms that the vessel has resumed offshore service.

    For most companies, restoring an offshore support vessel after a major engine room casualty is neither a quick nor an inexpensive decision. Beyond the technical complexity, owners must balance repair costs, downtime, commercial commitments and the long-term value of the asset.

    Bram Offshore chose restoration.

    The return of Bram Force illustrates a reality often overlooked outside the industry: modern offshore vessels are strategic assets, and in many cases rebuilding them is both technically feasible and commercially justified.

    Its return also reflects the work of shipyard teams, class societies, equipment manufacturers, regulators and the vessel’s owner to bring a complex offshore asset safely back into service.

    In shipping, success is rarely measured by avoiding every incident. It is measured by how professionally companies respond when incidents occur.

    Bram Force is back at work.

  • Mauá Shipyard advances plans to strengthen its market position

    Mauá Shipyard advances plans to strengthen its market position

    Mauá Shipyard has announced the completion of three strategic initiatives aimed at strengthening its position in the shipbuilding and offshore markets. The measures include obtaining Tax Clearance Certificates (Certidões Negativas de Débito, or CNDs), achieving compliance with the NORSOK M-501 standard for coating systems 7B and 7C, and modernizing its planning and control system.

    According to the company, the tax clearance certificates were obtained after more than 15 years, confirming the regularization of its municipal, state and federal tax obligations. The achievement removes an important barrier to the shipyard’s participation in public tenders and government procurement processes.

    In May 2026, the shipyard also obtained certification of compliance with NORSOK M-501 for coating systems 7B and 7C, an international standard widely adopted by the oil and gas industry. To achieve the certification, Mauá invested in workforce training and a dedicated temperature-controlled painting facility designed to support offshore and subsea applications.

    The company has also implemented a new planning and control model that combines traditional project management practices with agile methodologies. According to Mauá, the system uses technology and artificial intelligence to manage its project portfolio more efficiently, with the aim of improving operational performance and delivery predictability.

    “After more than 15 years, Mauá and EISA shipyards have obtained their Tax Clearance Certificates from the municipal, state and federal authorities. This achievement is the result of a lengthy negotiation process through which we were able to renegotiate and restructure all of the shipyards’ tax liabilities. It represents an important step in the consolidation of our judicial reorganization plan, allowing us to participate in government tenders and supporting our return to the shipbuilding sector,” said Miro Arantes Filho, CEO of Mauá Shipyard.

  • Launching WSB Classic Boats

    Launching WSB Classic Boats

    At WSB, we have always believed that the offshore, maritime and nautical sectors are not only about assets, steel, fiberglass, engines and contracts. They are also about culture, design, engineering intelligence and the ability to see value where others may see only a common boat.

    We are now launching a new experimental initiative: WSB Classic Boats.

    This will not start as a conventional business line. It will start as a laboratory.

    WSB will unite its Nautical Survey and Engineering teams to sponsor and follow the first full refit experiment aimed at transforming an existing boat into a desirable, elegant and affordable classic-inspired vessel.

    The base boat will be a vessel of at least 30 feet, with overnight capacity for four people. The outcome will not be a cosmetic intervention, but a fully developed refit project — engineering, naval architecture, interior design, technical feasibility, cost control, documentation and lessons learned.

    For this first experiment, we are selecting a small multidisciplinary team:

    One engineer from WSB.
    One engineer from a client, partner or fellow company.
    One architect.
    One interior designer.

    The mission is simple in concept, but complex in execution: to take a “sem sal” boat and study how far Brazilian engineering, design and craftsmanship can go in transforming it into a Classic Boat, inspired by the timeless lines of builders such as Riva, Hinckley and other classic nautical references, while respecting technical limitations, safety, cost and practical use.

    This initiative will be closely followed by WSB leadership. Our purpose is not only to create one beautiful boat. It is to learn whether Brazil can develop a credible refit niche capable of giving new life to existing vessels, creating value, beauty and affordability under the WSB Classic Boats name.

    Brazil has boats. Brazil has craftsmen. Brazil has engineers. Brazil has designers. What we want to test is whether these capabilities can be organized into a repeatable refit model.

    The first project will be our proof of concept.

    A boat can be more than transportation. It can be identity, memory, engineering and desire.

    Let the experiment begin.

    WSB Classic Boats
    From ordinary boats to classic desire.