Estaleiro Mauá
Aerial view of Mauá Shipyard located in the city of Niterói, with Guanabara Bay in the background. | |
Native name | Estaleiro Mauá |
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| 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. 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.
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.
The shipyard remains in operation, even with the crisis installed in Brazil.