The troubled Brazilian rig-building project seems destined to provide some poignant symbols of industrial folly and corruption, but arguably the most moving struggle to escape this fate is taking place at the Enseada Industria Naval shipyard in Bahia.

The shipyard — with state-of-the-art layout and production systems resulting from a partnership between leading shareholders Odebrecht and Kawasaki Heavy Industries — has recieved investments of close to $1.4