Brazil News


Glander International Bunkering Boosts Brazil Presence

Dec 17, 2014

Glander International Bunkering's (GIB) Brazil office has enhanced its presence with increased employee numbers and a new location.As of December 17, 2014, Glander International Bunkering Brazil will increase its staff numbers from 3 to 11 employees…

Petrobras Sets Record in Brazil

Nov 13, 2014

Consolidated Oil and Gas Petrobras in Brazil and abroad, production amounted to 2 million 795 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe) in October. This volume was 0.5% higher than in September, which was 2 million 781 thousand boe…

WSS Brazil Names Carvalho General Manager

Nov 11, 2014

Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has appointed Antonio Carvalho Junior as its new General Manager for Brazil. A former mariner, Carvalho brings 26 years of direct industry experience to this role from previous positions in logistics, shipping and ships agency…

Miranda Appointed to Head STAUFF Brazil

Nov 04, 2014

Mario Miranda has been named Managing Director of STAUFF Brazil.Miranda previously served as Commercial Manager for STAUFF Brazil, where he developed a working knowledge of the company. Miranda joined STAUFF with 30 years of experience in the development and implementation of Marketing…

Brazil Setting-up Solar Parks

Nov 01, 2014

Brazil finally entered the solar power sector on Friday, granting contracts for the construction of 31 solar parks as it tries to diversify its sources of generation amid an energy crisis caused by the worst drought in eight decades.Brazil's energy regulator…

Schlaepfer Joins ISS Management Team in Brazil

Jul 14, 2014

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has appointed Henrique Schlaepfer as its new Managing Director Brazil. Based in Rio de Janeiro, Henrique will report directly to regional Executive Vice President, Jaime Otero.Commencing his maritime career in 1984…

Brazilian Ports Pause for World Cup Matches

Jun 23, 2014

Football fever is so intense in Brazil, the host of the World Cup soccer tournament, that even the main shipping ports in the commodity-exporting powerhouse are shutting down when the national team plays.In Paranagua, Brazil's No. 2 soy exporting port…

GAC Sharpens Focus on Brazil's Billion Dollar Chemical Industry

Dec 10, 2013

GAC Brazil has added specialist support for chemical tankers to its package of integrated services. This marks the latest milestone in the rapid growth of GAC's operations in Brazil. In the past year, it opened a third office in Santos…

From Norway to Brazil (and Back)

Jun 19, 2013

Norway’s involvement with this South American energy powerhouse predates the current oil boom. Today’s commerce model flows in both directions in ever increasing frequency and volumes.Make no mistake about it: Brazil is important to Norway…

Aker to Double Brazil Subsea Manufacturing Capability

May 22, 2013

Aker Solutions has laid the foundation stone of a new plant in Paraná that will double the company's subsea production capacity in Brazil.The plant in the city of São José dos Pinhais in the Paraná state in Brazil will be operational in 2015…

Petrobas CEO to Deliver Keynote Address at Nor-Shipping 2013

May 15, 2013

Petrobras CEO, Maria das Graças Silva Foster – named one of the world’s 100 most influential people by Time magazine in 2012 – will be a keynote speaker for the New Frontiers roundtable at Nor-Shipping’s Agenda Offshore conference on June 5…

Houston Stays Top in Brazil Container Trade

May 09, 2013

The Port of Houston maintains its position as Brazil's largest U.S. seaborne trade partner by value and weight, newlycompiled statistics show.From 2010 to 2012, the Port of Houston Authority (PHA) handled a total of 311,314 twenty-foot equivalent units of trade with Brazil…

SENER Opens Office in Brazil

Apr 03, 2013

The engineering and technology group SENER has opened an office in São Paulo, Brazil.SENER thus establishes an operating and permanent division in this Latin American country, made up of about 300 Brazilian professionals specialized in engineering…

Transocean's Brazil Offshore Injunction Partially Suspended

Oct 02, 2012

Petrobras announce the Supreme Court of Justice partially suspends the injunction ordering shutdown of Transocean activities.This suspension by the Supreme Court of Justice, which is in response to an action filed by Brazil's National Petroleum Agency (ANP)…

Transocean Ltd. Provides Brazil Frade Field Incident Update

Sep 28, 2012

Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) (SIX: RIGN) announced today that at approximately noon Rio De Janeiro time (11 a.m., ET), September 27, 2012, the federal court in Rio de Janeiro served the company with a preliminary injunction requiring that it…

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