History
DELBA MARÍTIMA is one of the main
offshore support companies in Brazil and the oldest of them
performing marine support to oil activities in Brazilian waters.
Its history begins in 1968 with the arrival in Brazil of the
first offshore drilling unit, the jack-up "Vinegaroon",
when the group Newton Lins brought from ASTROMARINE and supplied
to PETROBRAS the first four support vessels for the offshore
drilling operations in Brazil, two of them for supply and towing,
the vessels "Jupiter" and "Gemini", and
two for transport of personnel, the crew boats "Venus"
and "Mercury".
The company was created in 1975 and in 1976 acquired the first
five offshore Brazilian flag vessels, which were chartered to
PETROBRAS, becoming the first Brazilian private company to buy
offshore vessels.
In 1978, 40% of the equity of the company was sold to JACKSON
MARINE (a member of the Halliburton group).
In 1982, the equity of Jackson Marine was transferred to Brazilian
citizens, and the company capital became 100% Brazilian.
The objectives of the company are the operation, the agency
and the management of vessels owned or chartered in coastal
navigation, offshore support, port operations, as well as the
chartering and or operation of special vessels for towing, anchor
handling, ROV and diving support, survey, launching and maintenance
of rigid and flexible lines, fire-fighting, dynamic positioning,
etc.
During the past thirty years the company has operated
its own fleet, as well as being an operator and representative
for several worldwide offshore companies. It has operational
agreements with SEACOR MARINE, for supplying of fast aluminum
suppliers and crew boats, with CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, for laying
of flexible lines, maintenance and repair of underwater equipment,
with ELF, ESSO, PETROBRAS and SHELL for supplying offshore services,
with EMBRATEL, for maintenance of optical cables, and others.
Besides operating normal offshore support vessels, DELBA
MARÍTIMA has also operated diving support vessels
(DSV) and remotely operated vehicles support vessels (RSV),
subcontracting services as deep diving, ROV operations, inspection
and repair of underwater installations, etc. Among the several
contracts performed with success, the following should be pointed
out:
- Contract PETROBRAS DEPRO-032/85: Two-year contract
for chartering and operation of the "Diving Support Vessel
(DSV) M/V Shearwater Sapphire", its belongings and other
equipment, as well as the accomplishment of services of fire
fighting, dynamic positioning, deep diving up to 450 mts, radio-location,
helicopter operations, heavy lifts, ROV (remotely operated vehicle),
anchoring operations, inspection and repair of submarine facilities,
and other operations.
- Contract PETROBRAS SEGEN-2-184-044-0-86: Contract of
the consortium MOT - MICOPERI / DELBA / SERTEP, to charter and
operate support vessels and to render technical services for
transportation and installation the fixed platforms oil fields
Pargo (PPG-1A and PPG-1-B), Carapeba (PCP-1 and PCP-2) and Vermelho
(PVM-1, PVM-2 and PVM-3), and installation of rigid lines in
Campos Basin Northeast Pole. DELBA MARÍTIMA was
in charge of the whole marine support and all logistic operations,
including helicopter services, subcontracted from her sister
company AERÓLEO.
- Contract PETROBRAS DEPRO-101.2.011.87.5: Three-year
contract for chartering of the "Remotely operated vehicle
Support Vessel (RSV) M/V Highland Heel", as well as the
accomplishment of services of fire fighting, dynamic positioning,
radio-location, helicopter operations, heavy lifts, ROV (remotely
operated vehicle), anchoring operations, inspection and repair
of submarine facilities, and other operations.
- Contracts EMBRATEL C. DRT-010/98 and C. DCT.1-382/99: Contracts with the telephone company EMBRATEL, a MCI subsidiary,
executed in joint venture with SCHAHIN TELECOM, for the maintenance
of optical cables around the Brazilian coast. These contracts
require the use the special vessel "D'Diana", owned
by DELBA MARÍTIMA, with ROV, and all equipment
required to recover, repair and launch several types of optical
cables.
The company has signed, until today, more than 180 chartering
contracts, most of them long-term engagements, as follows:
- 03 contracts for Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels (AHTS) - contract average duration of 8 years.
- 01 contract for Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels (AHTS) - contract average duration of 4 years.
- 75 contracts for Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels (AHTS) - contract average duration of 2.3 years.
- 38 contracts for Supply Vessels - contract average duration of 3.0 years.
- 10 contracts for Crew Boats - contract average duration of 2.6 years.
- 52 contracts for Utility Vessels - contract average duration of 2.4 years.
- 03 contracts for Diving Support Vessels (DSV) - contract average duration of 1.2 years.
- 03 contracts for ROV Support Vessels (RSV) - contract average duration of 2.3 years.
- 02 contracts for Maintenance and Repair of Optical Cables - contract average duration of 4.4 years.
- 01 contract for Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) - contract duration of 1 year.
DELBA MARÍTIMA has a highly qualified staff and
crews, with operational bases and agents in all the places where
there is exploration of oil in Brazilian waters. A training
program focusing the safety procedures, the protection of the
environment and learning of foreign languages as English and
Spanish was implanted several years ago to qualify the management
and the crew members for the new globalization requirements.
Considering that the largest reserves of oil in Brazil are in
deep waters, the company decided to renew its own fleet with
vessels designed for deep water operation. In keeping this objective,
in the last years the company sold seven vessels which were
designed for shallow waters and operation closer to the shore.
The program for new buildings comprises considerable investments.
In keeping with its growth policy, DELBA MARÍTIMA associated itself with the French Group BOURBON in April 2001. Through its offshore division, the Bourbon Group operates various types of vessels with its main presence in the countries of West Africa, North Sea and GOM.
In 2001 – The fleet renewal began when DELBA MARITIMA was the winner of three contracts with Petrobras for the construction of vessels type ATHS (Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels).In 2005 - The work of conversion and jumborization of vessel N.S. Loreto to transform the same in a PSV 1500 and also the modernization of vessel D´Manoela were done.
In 2004 - These three vessels were built in the shipyard BRASFELS, being the first of the type AHTS built in Brazil, named "Geonisio Barroso”, “Yvan Barretto” and "Haroldo Ramos ". The vessels were delivered to Petrobras, starting the operations respectively on June 01st, 2004, July 14th, 2004 and on December 25th, 2004.
In 2005 - The work of conversion and jumborization of the vessel N.S. Loreto to transform the same in a PSV 1500 and also the modernization of the vessel D´ Manoela were done.
In 2006 - Construction of a new AHTS in China to assist to 4 year-old contract (with extension option) with Petrobras; beginning of a 2 year-old contract with Petrobras for a vessel type " Fast Crewboat " (Surfer) and signed contract for the construction in Brazil of 4 vessels of this type.
In 2007 - Beginning of the operations, in Aracaju - SE, of AHTS Lars Grael built in China; and beginning of the operations of 2 " Fast Crewboat " (Surfer 1870 and Surfer 1871) built in the Shipyard TWB, in Navegantes, SC, Brazil.
ACTION PLAN for 2008:
Participation in all new tenders of Petrobras and foreign companies as well.
Keep on Investing in crew training, to qualify the same to safely operate the new AHTS type vessels;
Implementation of requirements and certification of the company to meet standards: ISO 9001, ISSO 14001 e OHSAS 18001.
