The Astillero Rio Santiago (ARS) He began to renegotiate old contracts and agree projects of construction of ships and wind turbines that diversify their activity and promote its delayed technology update.
In recent months, the new authorities of ARS re-negotiated the delivery of the tankers 'Eva Perón' and 'Juana Azurduy' to Venezuela, confirmed the incorporation of Italian machinery for the production of wind turbines and agreed with the business conglomerate South Korean Daewoo a proposal of construction for the Argentina Navy a multipurpose vessel, It would include the modernization of systems and machinery of the State shipyard in Buenos Aires.
In addition, the shipyard began to cut the veneer to the boat's instruction of cadets of the Navy project (FACES) and closed the last financial procedures for the production of two tugboats and two bulk carriers for a local shipowner.
The President of ARS, Ernesto Gasperi, He said dialogue with Telam that 'the shipyard has a strategic importance and social; his role as collaborator of the Armada Argentina and of the Ministry of Defense is key, as well as its ability to employ more than 3,400 people in Berisso, 'Cove and the great the silver'.
The official said that 'on 20 July, the General Manager of ARS, Daniel Roman, and I had a meeting with the people from Daewoo in which were finalized the details of the proposal for a multipurpose ship for the Argentina Navy which was now subject to final approval from the Ministry of Defense'.
'This is a very important project for ARS, on that count with the support of the Ministry of Buenos Aires production and of the Embassy of South Korea and for which both the Argentina Navy how Daewoo pointed to this shipyard how the best preparation for a challenge as well; of confirm is the construction, the project would include the need to incorporate many new technologies of last generation ship construction', added.
In this sense, Gasperi said that 'ARS needs a strong technological update and the authorities over our, both the Ministry of Buenos Aires production and governance are aware of this; and in this process is that we are bringing Italy a machining center for the construction of wind power generators with which we will be able to produce in series, like we do with wind towers which we hope to build between 60 and 80 per year '.
The President of the shipyard said that 'the primary objective is to maintain all the stands occupied, and with a local shipowner called 'White Sea' we have the agreement to build two tugboats and two 'bulk carriers'; We are now subject to leave letters of credit of the Banco Provincia to the tugs engines, 'and as soon as deliver these two will start the construction of the bulk carriers'.
Gasperi said that 'with Daniel' (Roman) We were in Venezuela renegotiating the contracts for the two tankers that must give them and that is something that was done from the previous management and necessary because but we entered in default and could make us trial; and we got an extension to deliver 'Eva Peron' on January 15, 2017 and the 'Juana Azurduy' 18 months '.
'Meet these deliveries could recover the good relationship with Venezuela's State oil company and even its officials said that they could trust us to move forward on several projects similar to this where there were shipyards in Iran, Portugal and Brazil that could not meet them', completed.
The official stressed that 'the best customer of ARS is the Argentina Navy trusting us your repairs and construction projects; For her we are completing the recovery of the 'King' notice that was completely renewed and will be delivered in October; While last week we began to cut naval veneer project LICA'.
'The boats are LICA instruction 37 meters long and the Navy needs in addition to its primary function of instruction cadets are also suitable for landing troops, assistance in disasters or general purposes', added.
'This project is very important because the current contract is for the construction of two units of which the first would be delivered in early 2018; but the Argentina Navy project provides for a total of six units', completed.