Octomar

Octomar is an Angolan diving and marine services company providing various offshore tanker terminal and FPSO support services, marine and subsea services, and vessels. Thanks to its extensive experience executing subsea inspection, repair, and maintenance contracts, Octomar has become the market leader in the Angolan diving sector.

Main activities: Established in 1997, the company’s core business is subsea services, including diving services with air, mixing of gas and saturation, diving support vessels and remotely operated vehicles. Octomar also provides pilots, mooring masters, and tanker teams to support offloading operations from FPSOs to tankers. Moreover, it offers vessels such as anchor handling tug and supply vessels and line handlers to assist in the berthing of tankers on CALM buoys and tandem mooring operations.

Key clients: 

• BP
• TotalEnergies
• Chevron
• Saipem
• ENI
• SUBSEA 7
• Sonangol
• Ranger Oil

As part of its business strategy, the company works to continuously develop key technology and know-how through the acquisition of state-of-the-art equipment, technology, and techniques.

Octomar is a market leader in training Angolan divers to international standards through its training and development programme.

Looking at the future Octomar plans to consolidate the company’s position in Angola and replicate the business model in Mozambique, where the company is already present through its affiliate company M-octo. Octomar is expanding its operations and assets as a vessel operating company.

Octomar’s main challenge is to remain cost-effective operationally to be competitive in the growing and dynamic marine services market.