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Estaleiro Mauá

Estaleiro Mauá

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Mauá Shipyard SA is the oldest private Brazilian shipyard, being surpassed only by the state-owned Arsenal da Marinha do Brasil, which was founded in 1808.[1][2] Its origin is the Anglo-Brazilian company Estabelecimento de Fundição e Estaleiros da Ponta d'Areia, located in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, and was bought on August 11, 1846, by Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, at the time Baron of Mauá.[3]

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In 2000, the company entered into a joint-venture with Jurong Shipyard in Singapore, creating the company Mauá Jurong S/A (MJ). The new company, in addition to the construction and repair of ships, specializes in the construction of platforms for oil and gas exploration.[3]

The shipyard remains in operation, even with the crisis installed in Brazil.

Recent vessel production

A not extensive list of Mauá's production:

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See also

Further reading

  • Marchant, Anyda (1965). Viscount Mauá and the empire of Brazil: a biography of Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, 1813–1889. University of California Press.

References

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    "South America.; The Great Coffee Product of Brazil-- New-York Losing the Trade-- Brazilian Emancipation-- Railway Loans and Amazonian Navigation Contracts-- General News". New York Times. 22 August 1871. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
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    Ferreira, Domingos P. C. Branco (1983). The Navy of Brazil: An Emerging Power at Sea. National Defense University.
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    "Marítima Petróleo compra metade do Estaleiro Mauá". Folha de S.Paulo. 1999. Archived from the original on 2022-01-31. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
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    "Estaleiro Mauá lança ao mar o petroleiro "Celso Furtado" (with photo)". Sinaval. 1 Aug 2010.
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    "Estaleiro Mauá lança ao mar o petroleiro Rômulo Almeida (with photo)". Sinaval. 30 June 2011.
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    "Transpetro comemora dois anos de operação do navio Sérgio Buarque de Holanda (with photo)". Transpetro. 7 August 2014.
  7. [7]
    "Transpetro coloca petroleiro José Alencar em operação (with photo)". O Estado de S. Paulo. 14 January 2014.

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