Port workers in Santos, the largest port of South America, and Rio de Janeiro have been on strike since Tuesday to protest a bill, in discussion at the Legislative Assembly in Brasilia, on a reform that would open terminals and new ports to...
Rio de Janeiro: Brazil plans to invest $28nn by 2016 in the port sector, according to Luciano Coutinho, president of the National Bank for Development (BNDES).
Rio de Janeiro: Vale lowered cargo volumes and therefore draught to accommodate Chinese regulations when Vale Malaysia called at Lianyungang earlier this month.
Rio de Janeiro: Petrobras has ordered 23 offshore support vessels to be built in Brazilian yards in the fourth round of its fleet renewal plan.
Shanghai: Brazil mining giant Vale's 400,000 dwt Vale Malaysia docked at Lianyungang port in China this week.
Luxembourg: Oslo listed seabed-to-surface engineering company Subsea 7 has been awarded a $350m, five year contract for a pipe laying vessel.
Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has announced plans to set up “Hidrobras” - a new entity overseeing Brazil’s inland waterway ports, terminals, waterways and locks.
In the latest stage of its ongoing expansion of the global mini-VSAT Broadband network, KVH Industries, Inc. has more than doubled the network’s capacity in the Brazilian and African regions. The ongoing global network upgrade involves deployment...
Rio de Janeiro: Floating production specialist SBM Offshore has been awarded letters of intent for the 20 year charter and operation of two FPSOs by a Petrobras-led consortium.