A is looking forward to being the only company serving Petrobras in supplying drill ships for deepsea production.
B is currently an investor in a project with other Japanese companies to support Petrobras’s oil production.
C is interested in expanding its business into other kinds of vessels, besides carriers of crude oil and liquefied natural gas.
D was not as lucrative in 2008-2009 as it had been in past years partly due to the exchange rate of Japanese currency.
E may face technical and financial obstacles in being a new entrant in the business of leasing floating vessels.