Companies and Vessels.

The market for offshore support vessels (sea) creates a positive impact in a global scale economy, by increasing the volume of business carried out, because of port activities on the high seas. According to statistics published on the “Markets and Markets Portal”. The data indicate that, between 2018 and 2023, the global Offshore Support Vessel Market is expected to grow by about 5%.

In Brazil, the market for maritime support vessels (offshore) is quite dynamic. Brazil, is among the ten largest world oil and natural gas producers (O&G), reaching the fifth position, in the medium term, according to the estimation of the “Ten Year Energy Expansion Plan 2029” (Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy). In Brazil, production occurs predominantly in deep water.

In December 2019, the Oil and Gas production at sea represented 93% of Brazilian production total. Faced with the vocation of (O&G) production at sea, from the 2000s, a process of reinvigoration of the Brazilian naval industry sector, through the construction of support vessels to platforms.

It was possible because of several factors that provided the resumption of the naval industry in Brazil. The worth mentioning is the Fleet Renewal Program for Maritime Support for PETROBRÁS, launched in 1999, which guaranteed eight-year service contracts.