Brazil's Petrobras has launched a fresh tender for the charter of a shallow diving support vessel to assist in operations off Espirito Santo state, marking a restart of supply ship contracting activity after a long hiatus.

Petrobras has scheduled 8 February to receive commercial proposals for a Brazilian-flagged SDSV that can support operations in up to 50 metres of water and is equipped with remotely-operated vehicle capability to work in depths of 3000 metres.