Oceana CBO shipyard in Itajaí, Santa Catarina, won a contract to build Navy Corvettes!

Result of the Tender for the construction of four Corvettes released by the Brazilian Navy awarded the Shipyard Oceana de Itajaí, Santa Catarina belonging to the Consórcio Águas Azuis

The Brazilian Navy has just announced that the four Tamandaré Class Corvettes (CCT) will be built by the Águas Azuis Consortium, made up of the companies Atech Negócios em Tecnologias SA, Embraer SA and Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems GmbH, with the following subcontractors: Estaleiro Aliança SA (Oceana/CBO de Itajaí, Santa Catarina), Atlas Elektronik and L3 MAPPs. See below the construction project then continue reading:

The Águas Azuis Consortium won the bid that also included, in this final phase (Short-list) with 3 other consortia: Damen Saab Tamandaré (builder shipyard Wilson Sons-SP), FLV (builder shipyard Vard Promar-PE) and Villegaignon (builder shipyard Enseada-BA).

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The consortia had submitted the final proposal on March 8th and were anxiously awaiting the result. The Águas Azuis consortium reached, in the selection phase, local content indexes of 31,6% for the first ship and an average of 41% for the other three ships in the series.
The Oceana Shipyard will build, according to the proposal presented, an intellectual property ship (NAPIP) of the German company TKMS, based on the “MEKO A100” class ships.

The forecast is that the contracts between Emgepron and the future SPE "Águas Azuis" will be signed by the end of the year, including the main contract and the other related contracts (technology transfer, integrated logistical support and compensation) as provided for in the RFP (request for proposal).

The winning consortium of Corvettes

The Águas Azuis Consortium has the following formation:

ThyssenKrupp: With more than 8.000 employees, Brazil is one of thyssenkrupp's largest operations outside Germany. The company has been present in the country since 1837 and operates in all Brazilian regions, with a strong tradition in the materials, capital goods and services market sectors.
thyssenkrupp has 10 factories in Brazil, 4 research and development centers, 2 service centers and 79 branches and support offices.

Embraer Defense and Security: It is the leading company in the aerospace and defense segment in Latin America. Its activities cover the development, manufacture, sale and support of aircraft and systems, thus offering a complete life cycle management of its products.
With its affiliated companies Visiona, ATECH and SAVIS, it offers a complete portfolio of integrated solutions that also involve the aerospace segment.

Oceana Shipyard: With a shipbuilding tradition of more than 20 years, the Oceana shipyard, which belongs to the CBO group, is located in Itajaí, Santa Catarina, a region with a strong vocation for shipbuilding. With approximately 310.000 square meters and more than 1.000 employees, Oceana has the capacity to build four to six vessels per year, applying the latest shipbuilding processes and state-of-the-art technology facilities.

This Wednesday, the 27th, the offers for the acquisition of the units were delivered to the sale operation of the four rigs of Sete Brasil. Access the full article here!