The 300-tonne Brazilian-flagged PLSV will start its new 532-day charter agreement this month.

The previous Skandi Vitoria contract lasted six months, ending in December 2016. On the same day that Petrobras signed a new contract for the Skandi Vitoria, the company opted to terminate early the charter of Subsea 7’s 340-tonne PLSV Seven Mar.

The Seven Mar was hired until October 2018 for a dayrate of about $168,000.