The Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada (English: Navy Shipyards and Armories), better known by the acronym ASMAR, is a Chilean state-owned shipbuilding company with autonomous administration, which provides services to the Chilean Navy, mainly, and also to other domestic and foreign customers. Its predecessor was Arsenales de Marina, created in 1895, until it was restructured and adopted its current name on April 6, 1960.
Company type | State-owned company |
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Industry | Shipbuilding, defence, engineering |
Founded | April 6, 1960 |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Pablo Niemann Figari (CEO) |
Products | Warships, patrol vessels, auxiliary ships, boats, ferries, fishing vessels, barges, platform supply vessels and other products |
Services | Shipbuilding, repair, maintenance, transformation and modernization of ships |
Revenue | |
Owner | State of Chile |
Number of employees | 3,000+ variable per month[2] (2021) |
Subsidiaries | SISDEF SOCIBER |
Website | www.asmar.cl |
It is the largest and most important shipbuilding and repair company in Chile, with three facilities located in Valparaíso, Talcahuano and Punta Arenas. The company's registered office is in Valparaíso, while its main plant is in Talcahuano.
Products
editWarships
editPatrol vessels
edit- Alacalufe-class patrol craft
- Chilean boat Tokerau
- Taitao-class large patrol craft
- CGS Vigilant
- Protector-class patrol craft
- OPV-80-class offshore patrol vessel
- ICGV Þór
- Defender-class boat (Defender 25 model co-produced with SAFE Boats International)
Amphibious and transport ships
edit- Orompello-class landing ship
- BATRAL-class landing ship
- Chilean transport Aquiles
- Escotillón IV project
Hospital ship
editSurvey vessels
editOther products
edit- Boats
- Ferries
- Oil platform
- Floating dock
- Fishing vessels
- Barges
- Platform supply vessels
- Fénix capsules (built following the 2010 Copiapó mining accident)
- Ventilators (built as a result of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile)
Gallery
editPatrol vessels
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Patrol craft Quintero (LSG-1621), Protector class, Chilean Navy, 2003
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Offshore patrol vessel ICGV Þór, Icelandic Coast Guard, 2011
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Offshore patrol vessel Cabo Odger (OPV-84), OPV-80 class, Chilean Navy, 2017
Amphibious and transport ships
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Landing ship Rancagua (LST-92), BATRAL class, Chilean Navy, 1983
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Troopship Aquiles (AP-41), Chilean Navy, 1988
Survey vessels
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Hydrographic patrol ship Corneta Cabrales (PSH-77), Taitao class, Chilean Navy, 1996 (patrol vessel transformed in 2000)
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Research ship Cabo de Hornos (AGS-61), Chilean Navy, 2013
Other products
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Floating drydock Valparaíso III, SOCIBER company, 1983
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Pumar boat, line of boats built since the 90s in different variants
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Skúa barge, naval artifacts built since the 2000s for cargo transportation
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Icelandic fishing vessel Heimaey (VE-1), 2012
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Passenger transport boat Capitán IHL, Chilean Army, 2015
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ García, Nicolás (11 May 2022). "Asmar achieves revenues of 180.1 million dollars in 2021". Infodefensa.com. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ "Dotación de ASMAR por calidad jurídica" (pdf) (in Spanish). ASMAR. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
Sources
edit- Montaño Mardones, Víctor (November–December 1995). "El Apostadero Naval de Talcahuano, los Arsenales de Marina y ASMAR: Historias paralelas" (PDF). Revista de Marina (in Spanish). 112 (829). Viña del Mar, Chile.
- "ASMAR: El apoyo industrial de la flota" (PDF). Revista de Marina (in Spanish). 133 (955). Viña del Mar, Chile. November–December 2016.
- Ostornol Varela, Sergio (July–August 1982). "ASMAR y la industria naval" (PDF). Revista de Marina (in Spanish). 99 (749). Viña del Mar, Chile.
- Volker Charles, John (May–June 1991). "La industria naval" (PDF). Revista de Marina (in Spanish). 108 (802). Viña del Mar, Chile.
- Bravo Valdivieso, Germán (2006). "Buques de la Armada construidos en Chile" (PDF). Academia de Historia Naval y Marítima de Chile (in Spanish). Valparaíso, Chile.
- Gómez Valencia, Luis (January–February 2010). "ASMAR Valparaíso en el siglo XXI" (PDF). Revista de Marina (in Spanish). 127 (914). Viña del Mar, Chile.
- Wood, Gerald L. (January–February 1969). "ASMAR, bases para la formulación de una política de astilleros para Chile" (PDF). Revista de Marina (in Spanish). 86 (668). Viña del Mar, Chile.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada.
- Official website (in Spanish)
- Official website (in English)