petrobras AHTS-R closed

Last Wednesday (8), one of the largest Petrobras´ AHTS tenders from recent times closed out and, as anticipated, a great number of vessels participated in the opportunity. The tender was divided into 6 groups (A through F) with specific mobilization dates, and each group was subdivided into different vessels´technical specifications, varying from 180T, 230T, 250T to 270T bollard pull.

All vessels offered in groups A to D had to be mobilized with a ROV whereas vessels offered in groups E and F did not have such requirement. The offers for AHTS-R with 180T capacity ranged from USD 71K to USD 97K with a total of 6 vessels presented in lots A2, B2 and C2. Offers of AHTS-R with 230T capacity ranged from USD 87K to USD 160K with 10 vessels in total being proposed for lots A1, B1 and C1. The lots D1 and D2 for AHTS-R with 250T and 270T capacity respectively, only had the same Skandi Amazonas as candidate in both with rates roughly at USD 74K and USD 76K.

Following logic, groups E and F which did not require ROV work had the greatest number of
vessels presented amongst all groups. A total of 16 vessels with 180T capacity without ROV were presented, with rates ranging from USD 49K to USD 75K, for the lots E2, E3, F2 and F3. Finally, the
230T capacity vessel without ROV had a total of 7 vessels participating, with rates ranging from USD 74k to USD 148k, for lots E1 and F1. Essentially, most of the vessels offered are currently working
for Petrobras trying to secure their current employments with a handful of newcomers from abroad challenging these open spots for the future.

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