Despite the Lack of Orders from the Offshore Market, Shipyards Receive Orders for Ships and Shipbuilding Focuses on Opportunities That Will Arise in the Coming Years
Our century-old and once-lauded shipbuilding industry is gradually coming out of the “ICU” where it was “breathing with the help of machines.” After financing was approved and granted to the Enseada Shipyard in Maragogipe (BA), optimism is slowly returning to the entire shipbuilding sector.
Check the Contracts Obtained and Negotiations of Each Shipyard
Enseada, Maragogipe (BA)
Will build 2 container ships of 2,000 tons for Petrocity Portos S. The financing was approved by the National Merchant Marine Fund last July and amounted to R$ 617 million for both vessels. The expectation is to generate 750 direct job positions, reaching 3,000 vacancies with indirect positions.
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Four 24-meter suction sails that generate up to 7 times more lift than traditional sails have been installed on a Maersk oil tanker. The autonomous system can reduce consumption by up to 20% and is already recording savings of up to 5.4 tons of fuel per day at sea, with annual cuts potentially reaching thousands of tons on a single vessel.
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New J.Macêdo factory receives an investment of R$ 300 million, expands pasta production in the Northeast, creates jobs, and boosts the economy in Ceará.
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With €90 million from Europe, €100 million in grants, and support from the World Bank, Egypt is accelerating the construction of a national network with a capacity of nearly 3.6 million tons to transform Port Said into a logistics fortress for grains in the Mediterranean, the ambitious National Silos Project.
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After the announcement of US$ 2 billion for six PSVs, Petrobras may order four RSV vessels in Navegantes in April, with the BID published and Navship mentioned, but awaiting the release of funds.
Oceana Shipyard, Itajaí (SC)
Will build 4 Tamandaré-class frigates for the Brazilian Navy and is undoubtedly the largest contract of this new phase of Brazilian shipbuilding. Estimated at R$ 6 billion, the contract has already progressed with the acquisition of the Itajaí shipyard by German Thyssenkrupp, and hiring for engineering detailing has already begun. It is estimated that two thousand workers will be hired and an additional 6,000 indirect jobs will be created in the naval cluster of Itajaí.
Negotiations at Brasfels Shipyards (RJ), Jurong (ES), ERG, and EBR (RS)
In terms of negotiations, we can mention high-probability projects, such as the resumption of the drill ships from Sete Brasil, sold to an investor group formed by Magni Partners and Mubadala, with construction halted at Brasfels Shipyards in Angra (RJ) and Jurong in Aracruz (ES), along with the few services in the offshore sector which are the modules MV-31 and MV-32 acquired by Brasfels (RJ) and EBR (RS).
We also highlight the negotiation between ECOVIX, the controller of the Rio Grande shipyard in Rio Grande (RS), and the Chilean group ASMAR for the construction of a polar ship for the Brazilian Navy that could generate 5,000 job vacancies in the southern naval hub.
Not to mention ongoing projects such as those at ICN shipyard in Itaguaí (RJ) that is building 4 conventional submarines and 1 nuclear submarine with a Metal Structure Factory installed on site.
As you can see, folks, work is happening at shipyards, not at the pace we would like and not generating jobs as before, but slowly the recovery of Brazilian shipbuilding is leaving all who depend on it optimistic.
By Renato Oliveira
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