LATIN AMERICA

摘要

Penalties due to unexpected downtime have also been a point of contention. Losses due to this have been compounded by the fact that regional ship repair facilities are "astronomically expensive, when you can get them." While an OSV is waiting for yard space to become available, the vessel owner continues to incur the loss of the contracted day rate plus the vessel's daily operating expenses. Of course not everyone can own their own shipyard in Brazil, and swapping out a vessel is not as easy as it might be in other regions.