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Leading Company of the Blue Waters Consortium, Winner of the Navy Tender to Build Four Corvettes, Plans to Acquire the Oceana Shipyard in Itajaí (SC) This Year
The German ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) plans to take control of the Oceana Shipyard in the city of Itajaí this year, as stated in the tender notice from the contract won by the company with the Brazilian Navy, the construction of the Corvettes will begin in 2020.
There are strong possibilities that the chosen format will be a lease for a minimum of eight years of Oceana, which belongs to the CBO group, and the proposal, with values kept confidential, will be submitted to CBO’s management soon.
Another straightforward purchase format of the shipyard is unlikely due to the current uncertainties of ThyssenKrupp regarding the construction of surface military vessels.
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The contract secured by ThyssenKrupp is considered a key piece in the commercial interests of the German shipbuilding industry, as it is very likely that the Brazilian Navy will order a new batch of surface ships, which would be larger than the Tamandaré.
Another point favoring the acquisition of the Oceana Shipyard is the fact that the German company sees, in its future base in Itajaí, a perfect support point for commercial ventures and possible contracts with the navies of Argentina, South Africa, and Chile.
The Oceana Shipyard
The CBO Group, which controls the shipyard, is a shipping company focused on the construction and operation of medium-sized offshore support vessels, as well as inspection and subsea construction vessels.
Located on a 310,000 m2 lot in the city of Itajaí, Oceana employs modern construction processes and has some technologically advanced facilities, which currently enable it to build up to six ships per year, but this will be its first large-scale experience in military vessels.
The lease of the Oceana Shipyard was decided by ThyssenKrupp after concluding that it would be necessary to utilize the entire production capacity for the construction of the Tamandarés.
Advantages of Leasing
With control of the Oceana Shipyard in Itajaí, ThyssenKrupp would have much greater ease in importing the machinery and equipment required for ships of this type and size.
ThyssenKrupp’s idea is to have as few problems as possible with the Brazilian Navy when choosing the equipment to be installed on the vessels.
The contract between the Brazilian Navy and ThyssenKrupp is scheduled for December 13, the date when the Day of the Sailor is celebrated, and the delivery of the Tamandaré class ships is expected to occur between 2024 and 2028.
The job generation from the project is estimated at two thousand direct jobs in Santa Catarina, which represents more than double the current number of workers in the state’s shipbuilding industry.
According to data from the Shipbuilding Industry Union (Sinconavin), the offshore shipbuilding industry hub in Santa Catarina, in the municipalities of Itajaí and Navegantes, which currently has about 1,500 workers, used to have 10,000 during the peak of oil and gas exploration in the country.
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