Estaleiro Mauá

Mauá Shipyard SA is the oldest private Brazilian shipyard, being surpassed only by the state-owned Arsenal da Marinha do Brasil, which was founded in 1808.[1][2] Its origin is the Anglo-Brazilian company Estabelecimento de Fundição e Estaleiros da Ponta d'Areia, located in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, and was bought on August 11, 1846, by Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, at the time Baron of Mauá.[3]

Mauá Shipyard SA
Native name
Estaleiro Mauá
TypeS.A.
IndustryShipbuilding, Defence
PredecessorEstabelecimento de Fundição e Estaleiros Ponta da Areia
Founded1846 (1846)
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, Viscount of Mauá
ProductsOil tanker, Oil platform, Patrol Boats, Fishing Vessels, Work boats, Platform supply vessels, Research vessels, Tugboats
ServicesShipbuilding and services

In 2000, the company entered into a joint-venture with Jurong Shipyard in Singapore, creating the company Mauá Jurong S/A (MJ). The new company, in addition to the construction and repair of ships, specializes in the construction of platforms for oil and gas exploration.[3]

The shipyard remains in operation, even with the crisis installed in Brazil.

Recent vessel production

A not extensive list of Mauá's production:

Name Launched Size Note
Celso Furtado 24 June 2010[4] 48,300 DWT Oil tanker
Rômulo Almeida 30 June 2011[5] 48,300 DWT Oil tanker
Sérgio Buarque de Holanda 7 July 2012[6] 48,300 DWT Oil tanker
José Alencar 14 January 2014[7] 48,300 DWT Oil tanker

See also

Further reading

  • Marchant, Anyda (1965). Viscount Mauá and the empire of Brazil: a biography of Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, 1813–1889. University of California Press.

References

22.8772°S 43.1283°W / -22.8772; -43.1283

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.