Jurong/Mac Laren shipyards announce Brazilian yard agreement

Jurong Shipyard, a subsidiary of Singapore-based Sembcorp Marine, signed a Strategic Alliance Agreement with Rio de Janeiro-based Mac Laren Shipyard to operate a shipyard in Brazil.

Under the five-year Alliance Agreement, Jurong Shipyard will collaborate with Mac Laren for all future offshore oil and gas-related projects to be undertaken in Brazil. Jurong Shipyard will have management lead for all the projects. In return, Mac Laren shall provide Jurong Shipyard the exclusive use of its existing shipyard facilities located in Rio de Janeiro. Located in Niteroi in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Mac Laren is a mid-sized shipyard with a total land area of 408,000m², comprising 128,000m² of waterfront land and 280,000m² of construction yard. The Mac Laren Shipyard is currently expanding its shipyard facilities with the construction of a new 150 x 130 x 13-metre drydock. Scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2009, the new drydock will be one of two purpose-built drydocks in Brazil capable of drydocking semi-submersible rigs, including the largest production rigs. Besides the drydock, the shipyard is also expanding its structural and piping workshop to 11,860m² and increasing its quayside length to 240 metres to accommodate the berthing of VLCC-sized FPSOs.
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