An unknown illness has claimed the life of a Brazilian contractor onboard a floating production, storage and offloading unit being transported from China.

Petrobras' new 273,000-dwt P70 (built 2019) was off South Africa at the time, heading from a yard in Qingdao to Rio de Janeiro on Boskalis' 116,000-dwt heavylift Boka Vanguard (built 2013).

Bokalis told TradeWinds that six Brazilian contractors were onboard carrying out light work when they became seriously ill.