Meeting between representatives of the shipyard, FIEB and the Government of the State of Bahia had as its theme the return to operation of the shipyard
One of the largest shipyards in the country, belonging to the Odebrecht conglomerate, can come out of hibernation and resume its activities.
A meeting that took place last Tuesday (23/07), between the CEO of Enseada, Maurício Almeida, representatives of the government of Bahia, the secretaries Walter Pinheiro (Planning) and Marcus Cavalcanti (Infrastructure) and representatives of the Federation of Industries of the State da Bahia (Fieb) discussed partnership alternatives aimed at putting new business practices into action for the shipyard.
The immense industrial park of Estaleiro Enseada, located in Maragogipe, Bahia, with its two million square meters of area could be used as a manufacturer of wind towers, taking advantage of all the potential of the North and Northeast region for the segment.
Other operating options for the docks at the Shipyard would be to use them as a liquid bulk terminal.
The partnership with the government of Bahia aims to make the Enseada Shipyard a development agent for the state's economy, as declared by Maurício Almeida, president of the shipyard.
“We have enormous potential to induce regional development. That was our vision when we decided to build the most modern shipyard in Brazil”, he declared.
New possibilities
Enseada wants to take advantage of the opportunities generated by the 2015 crisis to open new business possibilities and has the support of FIEB (Federation of Industries of the State of Bahia).
Secretary Walter Pinheiro declared that “Based on the surveys that we carried out with some companies in Spain, towers and wind blades can be manufactured on site, for example. Also with the involvement of Fieb, we are looking for alternatives not only to attract investments but also to make the resumption of the Shipyard feasible, which in Salvador and Rio de Janeiro already had more than 12 thousand employees. So the idea is, based on the projects that the State of Bahia has been working on, to seek to resume this axis of logistics, infrastructure and generation of economic activities”.
The Enseada Shipyard has the capacity to process 108 thousand tons of steel per year and was a private investment of R$ 3,2 billion and had the Japanese shipyard Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) as a technological partner.
