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Tuesday, October 30, 2018
offshore drilling rig brazil. Stock Photo: Shutterstock / marchello74
Offshore

Brazil’s New President Set for Offshore Oil Windfall

By Sabrina Valle (Bloomberg) — Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro is staring at an oil windfall. After a decade of stagnant production, Brazil’s

October 30, 2018
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Friday, October 19, 2018
offshore drilling rig brazil. Stock Photo: Shutterstock / marchello74
Offshore

Exxon Makes Major Bet on Brazil as Petrobras Eases Its Grip

By Sabrina Valle and Kevin Crowley (Bloomberg) — In a single year, Exxon Mobil Corp. has gone from being a tiny bit player in Brazil to the

October 19, 2018
Total Views: 42

Monday, August 27, 2018
Maersk Container Overbookings Delay Brazilian Exports
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Maersk Container Overbookings Delay Brazilian Exports

by Marcelo Teixeira (Reuters) – Brazilian exporters are facing delays shipping goods transported in containers, including coffee and cotton, due to

August 27, 2018
Total Views: 36

Thursday, August 23, 2018
tankers at anchor
News

Coffee Exporters Struggle to Find Ships for Brazil’s Bumper Crop

By Marcelo Teixeira and Marcy Nicholson SAO PAULO/NEW YORK, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Brazilian coffee exporters are struggling to find shipping capacity to

August 23, 2018
Total Views: 22

Friday, July 13, 2018
Brazil Charges Former Vantage Drilling CEO with Corruption
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Brazil Charges Former Vantage Drilling CEO with Corruption

BRASILIA, July 12 (Reuters) – Brazilian federal prosecutors on Thursday charged the former chief executive of U.S. oil services company Vantage Drilling

July 13, 2018
Total Views: 83

Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Disgraced Brazilian Tycoon Eike Batista Sentenced to 30-Years for Corruption
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Disgraced Brazilian Tycoon Eike Batista Sentenced to 30-Years for Corruption

By Brad Brooks SAO PAULO, July 3 (Reuters) – Eike Batista, the former mining and oil magnate who was once Brazil’s richest man, was convicted and

July 3, 2018
Total Views: 67

Monday, February 5, 2018
Sheep_Ship Livestock Carrier
News

Livestock Carrier Escapes Brazil’s Live Animal Export Ban

by José Roberto Gomes (Reuters) – A Brazilian federal court late on Sunday lifted an injunction blocking the shipment of around 25,000 cattle from

February 5, 2018
Total Views: 240

Thursday, December 7, 2017
port santos
News

The Port That Mirrors Brazil’s Promise and Problems

By David Biller and Marie Monteleone (Bloomberg) — To take the pulse of Brazil, drive an hour from Sao Paulo to the port at Santos, the busiest in Latin

December 7, 2017
Total Views: 35

Thursday, October 26, 2017
Drillship Offshore Brazil
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Brazil vs Mexico: Latin America’s Fight for Big Oil’s Money

By Marianna Parraga and Alexandra Alper HOUSTON/RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Brazil and Mexico are competing for a diminishing resource: the

October 26, 2017
Total Views: 39

Friday, August 18, 2017
petrobras carwash probe
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Brazil’s Car Wash Probe Expands to U.S., Greek Shipping Firms

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Brazilian authorities widened their Car Wash graft probe on Friday to include more international targets, ensnaring

August 18, 2017
Total Views: 69

Monday, July 31, 2017
cargo ships at anchor in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
News

Brazil Ends Decades-Old Maritime Transport Pact with Chile

BRASILIA, July 31 (Reuters) – The cost of shipping goods between Brazil and Chile is expected to fall by about 5 percent with the 2020 expiry of a pact

July 31, 2017
Total Views: 76

Wednesday, April 19, 2017
ore fabrica vale vloc brasil
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Capesizes Sent Packing After Accident at Brazil Iron Ore Terminal

By Alberto Alerigi and Gustavo Bonato SAO PAULO, April 19 (Reuters) – The loading of iron ore at Brazil’s Itaguaí terminal operated by mining and

April 19, 2017
Total Views: 40

Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Employees working at cargo ship Kypros Land which is loading soybeans to China at Tiplam terminal in Santos, Brazi
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Terminal Gives Timely Boost to Brazil’s Soy, Sugar Shipping Capacity

By Gustavo Bonato SANTOS, March 14 (Reuters) – A new terminal near completion in Latin America’s largest port in Santos, Brazil, is expected to add

March 14, 2017
Total Views: 159

Thursday, February 23, 2017
Europe Savors Taste of Brazilian Oil With More Blocks Opening
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Europe Savors Taste of Brazilian Oil With More Blocks Opening

By Peter Millard (Bloomberg) — European oil majors given a taste of Brazil may soon be ready for more. Norway’s Statoil ASA, Anglo-Dutch company

February 23, 2017
Total Views: 40

Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Svitzer Doubles Brazilian-Flag Tug Fleet
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Svitzer Doubles Brazilian-Flag Tug Fleet

Towage company Svitzer has announced plans to more than double its fleet of Brazilian-flagged tugs in 2017, the company said Wednesday. The company also

January 25, 2017
Total Views: 163

Friday, December 16, 2016
Shipping News

Brazilian Shipbuilder Ecovix Files Bankruptcy

SAO PAULO, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Ecovix Engevix Construções Oceánicas SA and five subsidiaries have filed for bankruptcy protection in a federal

December 16, 2016
Total Views: 62

Thursday, October 6, 2016
Brazil Opens Offshore Oil Fields to Companies Other Than Petrobras
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Brazil Opens Offshore Oil Fields to Companies Other Than Petrobras

By Sabrina Valle and Samy Adghirni (Bloomberg) — Brazil’s Congress voted on Wednesday night to open up its pre-salt oil fields to foreign

October 6, 2016
Total Views: 43

Tuesday, September 13, 2016
OSV Crew Member Dies After Being Hit by Water Cannon
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OSV Crew Member Dies After Being Hit by Water Cannon

A crew member of an offshore supply vessel has died in Brazil after being hit with the waterjet shot from the vessel’s water cannon, Brazilian media has

September 13, 2016
Total Views: 144

Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Video: Fire On Platform Supply Vessel in Brazil
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Video: Fire On Platform Supply Vessel in Brazil

The platform supply vessel UP Safira suffered a fire Tuesday in Macaé, Brazil. The vessel is currently on a 4-year charter contract with Petrobras, which

August 31, 2016
Total Views: 114

Sunday, August 7, 2016
Rio 2016 – Cargo & Logistics, The Untold Story Behind The Olympic Games
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Rio 2016 – Cargo & Logistics, The Untold Story Behind The Olympic Games

By Justin Bachman (Bloomberg) Some Olympic athletes seem to be super-human, while others aren’t human at all. In Rio de Janeiro this week, more than 300

August 7, 2016
Total Views: 543