A person has been killed in an accident on a Solstad Offshore vessel in Brazil.

CEO Lars Peder Solstad confirmed the fatality on the 15,000-dwt Normand Maximus(built 2016) on Tuesday morning to Norwegian media.

"There has been an accident on one of our ships that involved mobilised equipment on board," he said.

The company did not want to specify gender or nationality, but the person did not work for Solstad.

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