Maersk Supply Services brand disappears in Brazil as Navvik launches

The operation, previously known as Maersk Supply Service Brazil, will now operate under the name Navvik after being acquired by a consortium formed by ASM Texas Corp and FV Star One. The move marks the end of the Maersk Supply Services brand in Brazil after more than 50 years in the country’s offshore support vessel sector.

Navvik will take over the contracts and operations previously managed by Maersk Supply Service, which has provided anchor handling, offshore support and specialised maritime services in Brazil for decades.

The company will be led by Tarik Darian as chief executive alongside Omar Darian and Heitor Gioppo.  Navvik said the transition represents more than a simple rebrand, positioning the company as a Brazilian-led offshore maritime business focused on continuity and operational stability.

The company added that there would be no immediate changes to existing contracts or day-to-day operations following the ownership transition.

The current fleet consists of seven offshore support vessels, including five anchor handling tug supply vessels and two platform supply vessels, some on charter to Trident Energy and Prio.

The acquisition agreement for the Brazilian business was signed in March this year between the consortium led by ASM Texas Corp and FV Star One and Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller – Maersk.  Darian, who will lead the new company, has more than three decades of experience in the offshore maritime sector. He previously co-founded Transmar, later acquired by Svitzer, part of the Maersk group.

The Brazil transaction forms part of a wider reshaping of the former Maersk Supply Service business over the past several years.

In 2024, Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF Group acquired Maersk Supply Service, although the transaction excluded the Brazilian operations as well as certain vessels, assets and liabilities.  The offshore wind installation arm had already been separated into Maersk Offshore Wind before the DOF deal.

Maersk itself had earlier transferred ownership of Maersk Supply Service to A.P. Moller Holding in 2023 as part of the Danish group’s final exit from energy-related businesses.