EAS, which has always bet on ship repairs, now announces a new brand to place itself in new segments of heavy industry

After operating for years in ship repairs, Estaleiro Atlântico Sul, located in Porto de Suape, in the municipality of Cabo e Santo Agostinho, in the metropolitan region of Recife (PE), now intends to reposition itself in the market, betting on the offshore industry of oil and wind energy production.

Founded in 2005, Estaleiro Atlântico Sul has become one of the best references in the construction of oil tankers of the Suezmax and Aframax types throughout the American continent, in addition to being one of the most important centers for repairing vessels in the region. However, in recent years, with the crisis in the shipbuilding industry, it was forced to put into practice a Judicial Recovery Plan to reduce debts, with the sale of assets such as Independent Production Units and operational resumption.

The announcement about the expansion of EAS in the offshore oil industry and wind energy market came this week during the marineshore, leading event in shipbuilding, platforms and maintenance in South America, held at the Expo MAG convention center in Rio de Janeiro.

“We believe in a gradual recovery of the shipbuilding industry, within a new context, more focused on the offshore industry and renewable energies. Anticipating this moment, we decided to expand our activities with a focus on this market”

Nicole Terpins – CEO of Atlântico Sul Shipyard

The focus is on the construction and dismantling of offshore oil extraction equipment

The new segment at the Atlântico Sul Shipyard has to do with the construction and decommissioning of platforms and support structures for equipment used in oil exploration at sea.

The first structure dismantling contract would already be very close to being signed, with the service scheduled for the second half of next year. The construction of platforms would depend on the existence of demands.

Renewable energy

The company EAS also plans to build onshore wind towers. Generally, these devices are up to 120 meters high and are capable of converting wind into clean electrical energy.

The company is also thinking about building offshore wind towers, this segment being specific for a slightly more distant future.

We have 8.600 km of fully explorable coastline. Wind energy accounts for 11% of the Brazilian energy matrix, second only to hydroelectric power, producing a total of 21 gigawatts, compared to 14 gigawatts generated by the Itaipu power plant. In the environmental licensing phase alone, we already have more than 160 gigawatts of offshore wind energy. The competition will be great. In Europe this is already a reality.

Júlio Goes – EAS consultant

Still on the naval repair market, Atlântico Sul will sign, at Navalshore, another contract with the company Norsul, still remaining in the repair of vessels.

Atlântico Sul Shipyard and the controversial auction of internal areas

EAS's main strategy to reduce debts with creditors in the face of the judicial recovery process, which it has been living since 2020, was the sale of parts of the company's internal pier. So, earlier this year, the auction process was initiated, paving the way for major international investors who could breathe new life into the local and the region's economy.

They faced each other, the company APM Terminals, from the Danish group Maersk, a global giant in maritime transport; and the consortium formed by Conepar and Tecon-Suape, which had a monopoly on handling containers at the site since 2001, operating with the highest tariffs in the country, and which went so far as to sue the court to have the auction cancelled, dragging out the sales process for months.

In the end, the danes won the auction after offering BRL 455 million for the Isolated Production Unit of the Pre-constituted UPI B at the Atlântico Sul Shipyard and, now, around 400 thousand containers must be moved in the place.