Estaleiro Mauá
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 Aerial view of Mauá Shipyard located in the city of Niterói, with Guanabara Bay in the background. | |
Native name | Estaleiro Mauá |
|---|---|
| Company type | S.A. |
| Industry | Shipbuilding, Defence |
| Predecessor | Estabelecimento de Fundição e Estaleiros Ponta da Areia |
| Founded | 1846 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, Viscount of Mauá |
| Products | Oil tanker, Oil platform, Patrol Boats, Fishing Vessels, Work boats, Platform supply vessels, Research vessels, Tugboats |
| Services | Shipbuilding and services |
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]
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.
