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ções S.A. and changed its name to The neering activities in the Brazilian states

Bravante Offshore

The increase in partnerships, mergers Bravante Group on September 10, 2012. of Rio de Janeiro, Alagoas, Amazonas, and acquisitions, between offshore ser- The Bravante Group was incorporated Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Maran- vice providers in Brazil is a noticeable in 2011 and is based in Rio de Janeiro, hão, Paraná, Pará, Rio Grande do Norte, and constant trend in the last decade. Brazil. Rondônia, São Paulo, and Sergipe. It of-

This has been true for deals between for- The Bravante Group is present in mari- fers offshore support services, including eign and local companies, and also be- time transport, offshore logistics, envi- maritime transportation through a ? eet tween local companies. The competition ronmental protection, and subsea engi- of PSVs and other support vessels such for offshore contracts for PSVs and IMR vessels only gets stronger as the demand increases and the major contractor con- tinues to be national operator Petrobras.

This opens a window of opportunity

CLARITY AT DEPTH: for local companies to enter the highly specialized ROV service market and the

THE NEW OE15-100D growing IMR market, both in shallow and in deep water. Traditionally, these markets have largely been dominated by Kongsberg Maritime’s all new high resolution, monochrome CCD camera foreign groups with big ? eets and global has a deeper rated housing yet is more compact than any of its well footprints. However, with the Brazilian established predecessors. A new optical design minimises spatial distortions government’s demand for high local and aberrations yet maintains an exceptionally wide angle of view in water.

content levels, local companies that can offer high services standards can expect The OE15-100D offers near SIT performance in low light level conditions to have some advantages when compet- making it ideally suited to mid water navigation tasks, tether monitoring ing in Petrobras tenders. applications and general observation purposes.

Marcelino Jose L. Nascimento, chair- man of the Bravante Group, explained that the Bravante Group started back to the 1960s, as a company operating gas stations in strategic locations in Rio de

Janeiro. Good relations with Petrobras, led to new opportunities. The Group en- tered the bunker transportation business by acquiring Navegação São Miguel and forming a partnership with Petro- bras that has remained in place to this day. In the late 1970s, the Group opened the São Miguel Shipyard, which now occupies a 20,000 square meter site in

Rio de Janeiro. In 2000, Navegação yCompact dimensions

São Miguel’s environmental unit was spun off as a separate subsidiary called y102° diagonal AOV in water

Hidroclean. In 2010, given the Group’s enormous growth potential, BTG Pac- yNear SIT performance tual, Latin America’s biggest invest- yNew optical design ment bank, acquired a minority stake in it. This deal brought together the bank’s ? nancial solidity and Bravante’s expertise and knowledge in the oil and

THE FULL PICTURE gas industry. Various investments have since been made in the Group’s compa-

Telephone: +44 1224 226500 nies, strengthening their expansion and [email protected] www.km.kongsberg.com growth plans. The company was for- merly known as Brasbunker Participa- www.marinetechnologynews.com

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