Astillero Río Santiago (ARS) is an Argentinean shipbuilding company . The largest shipbuilding company in South America [2] [3] , belongs to the state. Located in the city of Ensenada (province of Buenos Aires ).
| Astillero Río Santiago | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type of | state company |
| Base | 1953 |
| Former names | Afne |
| Location |  Argentina : Ensenada |
| Industry | shipbuilding |
| Number of employees | 2 700 [1] |
| Site | astillero.gba.gov.ar |
Content
History
It was founded in 1953 during the reign of Juan Peron , as Astilleros y Fábricas Navales del Estado (AFNE) [4] , by combining the shipyard Astillero Río Santiago and the military plant Fábrica Naval de Explosivos Azul (FANAZUL). The company began production of both civilian and military ships and ships, including two tankers with a displacement of 60,000 tons. Argentinean and foreign companies such as ELMA , YPF , PDVSA and others became customers. In addition, AFNE produced diesel engines, cranes, components for locomotives (for Ferrocarriles Argentinos ) and hydraulic turbines, and industrial equipment (licensed from Sulzer , GTM , Fiat , Charmillier Atelier , Brisonneau et Lotz Marine , Cockerill-Ougree , Burmeister & Wain and Pielstick ) [5] . Major customers were the Navy and the country's coast guard . Warships were built, repaired and refitted. In the early 1970s, the company employed over 8,000 people, including contractors [5] .
In the 1990s, the economic crisis in Argentina also affected the ARS. Construction orders declined, and only in the mid-2000s did the situation improve slightly. In July 2012, the Eva Peron tanker, with a displacement of over 54,000 tons, was built for the Venezuelan company PDVSA, which is the largest ship built in Argentina over the past 30 years [6] . Also, PDVSA ordered ARS oil platforms.
Collaborates with companies from the CIS . So, in September 2010, between Astillero Río Santiago and the Ukrainian Black Sea Shipbuilding Plant , a preliminary agreement was signed on the design of a polar-class ship [7] [8] , since a similar ship, Baia Paraiso , crashed in the Antarctic in 1989 near the American Palmer station, and the only, at the moment, Argentine icebreaker Almirante Irisar is under repair, after a fire aboard it in 2007.
Products
The company designs and manufactures civil and military ships and ships. The largest military projects:
- Azopardo frigates [9]
- Azopardo
- " Piedra Buena "
- Corvettes of the Muratyur type [10]
- Muratyur
- King
- Espora Corvettes
- Espora
- Rosales
- Spiru
- Parker
- Robinson
- Gomez Roca
- Frigate Libertad [11]
- Landing ship " Cabo San Antonio " [12]
- Destroyer Santisima Trinidad [3] [13]
- Minesweepers of the "Bushar" type (four out of nine) [10]
- Drummond
- Granville
- " Bouchard "
- Spiru
In 1966 , the pride of the Argentinean fleet , the Libertad frigate, set a world record for transatlantic voyages (only sailing vessels) between Cape Race ( Canada ) and Dursey Island ( Ireland ) - 1741.4 nautical miles (3225.1 km) for 6 days and 4 hours.
Current status
Astillero Río Santiago is the largest shipbuilding company in Latin America . It has all the necessary facilities for the construction and repair of surface ships of the main classes (including aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, frigates) [3] and the assembly of ship power plants [2] . In 2007, the shipyard planned to begin construction of the lead one in a series of five multipurpose patrol ships of the OPV-80 type . Technological participation of the German company ThyssenKrupp was assumed [2] . Due to the financial difficulties of Argentina, the project, so far, remains unrealized.
In 2013, a network of financial fraud was discovered at Astillero Río Santiago. Several people from the city of Coronel Princes, located 500 kilometers from Ensenada, were listed as employees of the enterprise and received wages of tens of thousands of dollars. Among them were local government officials from the ruling Front for Victory Party Christina Kirchner [14] .
See also
- Astarsa
- Tandanor
- Astillero Almirante Storni (ex-MMDG)
Notes
- ↑ Un poco de historia (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment July 3, 2012. Archived January 27, 2007.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Vachnadze G.N. Business Argentina, volumes VIII-IX. Economics and relations with Russia in 2000-08 .. - POLPRED Directories. - M .: FSUE "PIC VINITI", 2008. - P. 102. - 236 p. - ISBN 5-900034-43-7 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Nikolaev V. Production of weapons in Argentina // Foreign Military Review. - M .: Red Star, 1982. - No. 2 . - S. 25 . - ISSN 0134-921X .
- ↑ LA INDUSTRIA NAVAL EN LA ARGENTINA (Spanish) 14. Centro de Estudios para la Producción. Date of treatment October 18, 2013. Archived October 19, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Astilleros RIO SANTIAGO SA (Spanish) . Historia y Arqueología Marítima. Date of treatment October 18, 2013.
- ↑ Diana Hristova. Astilleros Rio Santiago launches product tanker for PDVSA (inaccessible link) . SeeNews (July 13, 2012). Date of treatment October 18, 2013. Archived October 19, 2013.
- ↑ Nuevo buque polar para la Armada Argentina (Spanish) . Taringa! . Date of treatment October 18, 2013.
- ↑ Rocío. Argentina proyecta buque polar con astillero ucraniano (Spanish) . Spanish.china.org.cn (8 de septiembre de 2010). Date of treatment October 18, 2013.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1947-1995. - Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1996. - P. 11. - ISBN 978-155-75013-25 .
- ↑ 1 2 Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922-1946. - London: Conway Maritime Press. - S. 421.
- ↑ Jane's Fighting Ships, 2004-2005 . Jane's USA, Alexandria, VA, p. 18. ISBN 0-7106-2623-1
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1947-1995. - Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. - S. 10.
- ↑ Dodds, Klaus: Pink Ice: Britain and the South Atlantic Empire. IBTauris, 2002. Page 103. ISBN 1-86064-769-3
- ↑ Nicolás Pizzi. Irregularidades en el pago de sueldos del astillero Río Santiago (Spanish) . Clarín (6 de septiembre de 2013). Date of treatment October 18, 2013.
Literature
- R. Gardiner. All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. - London: Conway Maritime Press / US Naval Institute Press, 1980 .-- ISBN 0-87021-913-8 .
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1947-1995. - Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1996. - ISBN 978-155-75013-25 .
Links
- astillero.gba.gov.ar - official site of Astillero Río Santiago