WSB One has just reached a milestone unmatched in this sector: almost 2,000 fixtures logged since 2008 — 17 years of contracts mapped line by line, tracking how the market evolved, where demand concentrated, which players led each cycle and how chartering strategies shifted over time.
This is not just a number — it is operational memory. WSB One allows users to identify patterns, understand price movements, anticipate opportunities and compare commercial decisions with real historical and statistical depth, not assumptions.
And this is only part of what the platform delivers. WSB One tracks more than 660 vessels in operation or ready to work in Brazil — OSVs, drillships, FPSOs, tankers and specialized units. Each asset brings a wide data set: position, availability, technical details, operational history, contracts, yards and, above all, market context. Everything updated daily and validated by WSB Advisors with support from official sources.
The result is a platform that shows not only where the market stands today, but where it came from — and where it is heading.
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WSB is pleased to provide an update on the current long-term tenders that are open to offer.
Open tenders:
What has changed?
Petrobras At least 1x LH: Opportunity 7004497614 new deadline December 1st, 2025;
Petrobras FPSO for Albacora Revitalization: Opportunity 7004415516 new deadline May 25th, 2026.
What else is happening?
Transpetro has completed the scheduled dry-docking of the Oscar Niemeyer gas carrier at Vard Promar, Pernambuco. The vessel underwent structural, electrical, and machinery maintenance, along with an upgrade to its ballast-water treatment system;
Solstad Offshore secures new Petrobras contract: The AHTS Normand Topazio is locked into a four-year, USD 73 million deal, starting Q1 2026, further consolidating Solstad’s role in Brazil’s offshore support fleet;
SBM Offshore’s proposals were officially approved by Petrobras’ committee in the tender for the SEAP (Sergipe Águas Profundas) FPSOs. SBM submitted the lowest bids: US$ 4.1 billion for SEAP II and US$ 4.3 billion for SEAP I. Competing offers included Shapoorji (USD 4.3 b for SEAP II / USD 4.6 b for SEAP I) and MODEC (USD 5.2 b for SEAP II).
The contract will follow the BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) model, with one firm FPSO for SEAP II and an option for a second FPSO for SEAP I. Each unit is designed for 120,000 bpd of oil and up to 12 million m³/day of gas, with full gas-export infrastructure. Petrobras expects to finalise commercial negotiation in early 2026 and aims for first oil around 2030.
Shell has finalized the concession agreements it secured during ANP’s 5th Permanent Offer Cycle in June, reinforcing its strategic footprint in the Santos Basin and broadening its deepwater operations. The S-M-1819, S-M-1821, S-M-1912, and S-M-1914 blocks give the company full (100%) ownership, along with a seven-year exploration period followed by 27 years of production rights.
The signing bonuses amount to roughly R$ 21.3 million. According to the company, this move underscores Shell’s dedication to Brazil’s energy security and brings its portfolio in the country to a total of 72 contracts.
Launched with ambition, left unfinished and now drifting through years of silence.
MT Abreu e Lima became one of the most emblematic hulls in Guanabara Bay. An Oil Products Tanker designed at 182.85 meters in length and 32.2 meters in beam, it was ordered by PDVSA and built at EISA. Capacity: roughly 340,000 barrels of refined products. Hull launched in 2009, with outfitting halted midway.
The project collapsed in early 2010, when PDVSA suspended payments amid Venezuela’s financial deterioration. Work stopped. The vessel remained where it was launched, turning into a symbol of the shipyard’s downfall and of an interrupted industrial cycle.
In October 2024, after years of stillness, the vessel made headlines again. Strong winds in Rio broke its mooring lines sending the hull adrift. Brasa Marítima stepped in and restored the vessel to safety, towing it back to a secure berth.
Current status: structurally afloat, mechanically incomplete and still awaiting any decision on its ultimate fate. No confirmed owner movement, no classification activity and no sign of reactivation so far.
Every Thursday a new “Por onde anda?” — stay tuned!
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Brazilian Navy announced that the PROSUB25 ceremony will take place on 26 November at Itaguaí Naval Complex, marking two important steps: armament presentation and operational transfer of submarine Tonelero (S-42), and launch of submarine Almirante Karam (S-43).
The event reflects steady progress in Brazil’s conventional submarine programme and continued development of domestic naval capability
Solstad Offshore ASA confirmed today (November 26) that it has signed a firm 4-year agreement with Petrobras for AHTS Normand Topazio. Contract starts in Q1 2026 and is valued at roughly USD 73 million. The vessel will support Petrobras offshore logistics and anchor-handling activities, reinforcing Solstad’s long-standing presence in Brazil’s supply fleet.
CDFMM has granted Marlin Environmental Services an ad referendum approval for a R$ 40.7 million priority to build six tugs at Estaleiro São Miguel, both part of the Grupo Bravante. This special form of approval — issued directly by the Director pending formal board ratification — supports the project’s relevance and readiness to advance without delay.
For Bravante, the initiative strengthens fleet autonomy across its operations. For Estaleiro São Miguel, the timing is favorable: the Bravante Group continues to recover financially and is expected to release key guarantees as early as next year, improving conditions for newbuild contracting.
The priority remains valid for 450 days, offering a clear runway for financing and execution as Brazil’s shipbuilding sector gains momentum.
The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show (FLIBS) has long transcended the definition of a mere leisure-marine exhibition. Today, it stands as a global meeting point where technology, shipbuilding, brokerage, finance, logistics, and lifestyle converge. For the Westhon Group — and particularly for WSB Advisors, its flagship maritime intelligence and shipbroking arm — the 2025 edition offered more than an industry update. It offered perspective, convergence, and direction.
This year, board members of Westhon attended FLIBS with a dual purpose: to reassess the evolving global boating landscape and to position WSB Advisors to play a meaningful role in the next stage of Brazil’s marine, shipbuilding, and leisure-vessel markets.
A Showcase of Scale and Technical Maturity
FLIBS’ organisation remains a reference point for global maritime events. The show spans seven venues and presents a curated technical ecosystem rather than a catalogue of vessels. Every segment — from superyachts to tenders, from electronics to propulsion — is arranged with operational precision. That structure is particularly relevant to WSB Advisors, whose work depends not only on market information but on a deep understanding of how marine supply chains behave.
Source: FLIBS
In 2025, FLIBS brought:
more than 1,300 vessels on display;
over 1,000 brands from 50+ countries;
an economic impact of USD 1.7 billion to Florida;
increased representation from shipyards, naval architects, refit specialists and marine-tech manufacturers.
For a shipbroking and intelligence house, these numbers matter. Growth in the leisure sector typically precedes investment waves in support infrastructure, finance, and later — as in Brazil — regulatory adaptation. Understanding this cycle is essential for anticipating vessel flows, demand drivers and shipbuilding opportunities.
WSB Advisors: Connecting International Shipping With Emerging Marine Niches
WSB Advisors’ traditional expertise is rooted in offshore support vessels, project cargo, industrial tonnage, and shipyard-related strategy. But the maritime world is changing, and the boundaries between industrial and leisure segments are becoming increasingly permeable.
FLIBS revealed three particularly relevant intersections:
1. The global mobility of vessels and the rise of multi-regional dry-transport networks
Source: Alexandre Vilela | WSB Advisors
The delegation met international co-brokers who specialise in seasonal yacht relocation to South America and the Mediterranean. These networks, although leisure-orientated, open channels for repositioning vintage offshore support vessels to jurisdictions that have consolidated dismantling and repurposing capacity — an area where Brazil still faces regulatory and technical bottlenecks.
This creates a two-way market:
pleasure craft heading into Brazil,
older offshore units moving out of Brazil for compliant end-of-life handling.
Such flows fit directly within WSB Advisors’ brokerage structure.
2. Shipbuilding insights beyond traditional offshore and merchant vessels
FLIBS gave visibility to shipyards diversifying into fast craft, aluminium builds, composite construction, and hybrid propulsion solutions. For WSB Advisors, which is studying new pathways for shipbuilding in Brazil beyond tankers, gas carriers, and OSVs, these sectors offer technological spillover and industrial insights.
Source: FLIBS
The leisure-marine industry is often the first to adopt innovation: lightweight materials, digital helm systems, advanced navigation electronics, battery-hybrid arrangements. These technologies eventually influence commercial shipbuilding. WSB’s engineering and advisory teams benefit from understanding these early trends.
WSB Advisors will take the lead within Westhon’s structure to develop activities in boating and marine leisure, including brokerage, refit intelligence, design partnerships, and eventually domestic shipbuilding pathways. The Brazilian market remains fragmented but rapidly growing. FLIBS offered a strategic benchmark of where Brazil can evolve — and where WSB can position itself.
Human Connections Behind the Technical Landscape
Beyond numbers and logistics, FLIBS also reaffirmed a human truth: maritime business is built on relationships.
The Westhon delegation reconnected with long-standing colleagues and suppliers such as Yanmar, Raymarine, Garmin, and engineers and managers from global shipyards. These conversations highlighted shared challenges: equipment availability, import cycles, emissions regulations, electronic integration, and the need for standardised service networks across the Americas.
Source: Alexandre Vilela | WSB Advisors
WSB Advisors, whose model blends technical brokerage with human-centric market engagement, benefitted from this environment. The show’s atmosphere — a mix of engineering precision and boating passion — reflects precisely the crossover that defines WSB’s approach: data and relationships, intelligence and proximity, strategy and trust.
Technical Themes With Strategic Impact
Several technical developments at FLIBS directly aligned with Westhon and WSB’s focus areas:
Sustainability & Hybrid Systems Battery-hybrid propulsion advances are accelerating in leisure craft and are likely to influence auxiliary systems on offshore vessels.
Electronics Integration Raymarine and Garmin showcased new unified bridge systems, increasingly user-friendly yet deeply data-driven. Such interfaces foreshadow the future of small commercial craft and support boats in Brazil.
Modular Shipbuilding A number of yards presented modular and pre-fabricated solutions that could be adapted to regional Brazilian shipyards seeking competitive differentiation beyond heavy steel.
Lifecycle Management Discussions on responsible dismantling and vessel lifecycle planning underscored the relevance of WSB Advisors’ work on the safe redeployment of ageing offshore tonnage.
These themes play naturally into the intelligence, brokerage, engineering and shipyard advisory capabilities that WSB Advisors has spent years consolidating.
A Moment of Strategic Convergence
FLIBS 2025 offered Westhon and WSB Advisors a rare combination of technical content, market visibility, networking and future-oriented insight. It bridged the firm’s core offshore and industrial domains with the fast-evolving world of leisure-marine technology, supply chains and vessel mobility.
Above all, the event reinforced that WSB Advisors’ future lies not only in managing complex offshore and shipyard deals but also in shaping new market entries — including the professionalisation of Brazil’s boating sector and the development of a cross-Americas maritime intelligence network. In a global industry where technology advances quickly and relationships matter deeply, FLIBS served as both a mirror and a compass: reflecting where the market stands today and guiding where Westhon and WSB Advisors can go next.
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One Energy Magazine — Final 2025 Edition: What’s Inside
Coming soon!
In the upcoming and final 2025 edition of One Energy magazine, you’ll find an exclusive interview with Ronaldo Lima, Senior Advisor at WSB Advisors. Drawing on nearly 45 years in the energy sector, he discusses sensitive points in maritime regulation and shares his perspective on Brazil’s energy transition.
This edition also brings: • Westhon’ new headquarters — meet the Westhon House • The redesigned WSB Advisors database, WSB-One.com • WSB Advisors’ strategic partnership with Unifeso • A comprehensive analysis of the Rio–Niterói ferries • Insights into Starnav’s growth • Perspectives from Fernando Vilela on digital marketing markets • Market updates — and more
Petrobras announced the discovery of high-quality oil in a post-salt exploratory well in the Sudoeste de Tartaruga Verde block, Campos Basin, about 108 km off Campos dos Goytacazes (RJ). Well 4-BRSA-1403D-RJS was drilled in water depth of around 734 meters and initial logging, gas indication and fluid sampling confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons.
Petrobras states that reservoir samples will be sent to laboratories for detailed analysis, including fluid characterization and reservoir quality tests, which will support future estimates of productive potential.
Sudoeste de Tartaruga Verde was awarded to Petrobras in September 2018 during Brazil’s 5th Production-Sharing Round, with Petrobras holding 100% operating interest and PPSA acting as contract manager.
Even with strong pre-salt growth, Campos remains a strategic region for upcoming investments, especially where post-salt plays with simpler geology offer shorter cycle times and potential cost reductions.
