Estaleiro Atlântico Sul

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Estaleiro Atlântico Sul is a Brazilian shipbuilding company . Estaleiro Atlântico was founded in 2005 by the Brazilian construction groups Grupo Camargo Corrêa and Grupo Queiroz Galvão due to the growing demand in the shipbuilding market in Brazil. Samsung in Korea supplied the shipbuilding technology.

The shipyard is located in the deep water port of Porto de Suape in the state of Pernambuco and is located between the municipalities of Ipojuca and Cabo de Santo Agostinho at the mouth of the Rio Ipojuca, around 40 km from the city of Recife . The dry dock , with two 1500-ton swing gates, is 400 meters long, 73 meters wide and 12 meters deep.

history

In 2010, the shipyard consortium received its first major order from Petronas for a series of 49 Suezmax tanker- class ships . But from the beginning I had problems finding workers. For example, there was a lack of welders. The shipyard operators retrained sugar cane workers and housewives, but the result was so poor that the first oil tanker “João Cândido” ordered by Petronas showed leaks at the weld seams when it was launched in 2011. João Cândido was then only certified in April 2012. Samsung withdrew from the joint venture after this mishap. The new partner is now a subsidiary of the Japanese Mitsui Group.

After the start-up problems ended, Petronas stuck to its mission. Today, the company claims to have around 2800 employees and is an important employer for the residents of the five low-income communities around the shipyard.

In May 2013, the company was able to hand over another Suezmax tanker "Zumbi dos Palmares" with a length of 274.2 meters to the client Petrobras Transporte SA without any problems.

Estaleiro Atlântico was also involved in the construction of the P-55 drilling platform , Petrobra's largest semi-submersible platform capable of producing up to 180,000 barrels of oil and six million cubic meters of natural gas per day. It started work on the Roncador oil field in the Campos Basin off the coast of Brazil in early 2014 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ dry dock found on estaleiroatlanticosul.com, July 17 of 2010.
  2. ↑ Press report Problems with a lack of skilled workers on Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
  3. ↑ Responsabilidad social on estaleiroatlanticosul.com accessed 17 July of 2010.
  4. ↑ Petrobras Starts P-55 Platform Operations at Roncador Field , Offshore Energy Today, January 2, 2014, accessed January 3, 2014

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Coordinates: 8 ° 23 ′  S , 34 ° 58 ′  W