Installation license for Açu shipbuilding unit

OSX’s Açu Shipbuilding Unit received its Installation License issued by the Environmental State Institute. The Brazilian shipbuilding company OSX will commence construction of the largest shipyard of the Americas in the month of July, creating approximately 14,000 direct jobs; 10,000 of them during the shipyard´s operational phase and 4,000 during the implementation and construction phase. The Açu Shipbuilding Unit team will benefit from training and professional capacity building provided by the Naval Technology Institute (ITN).

The ITN is being developed by OSX, leveraging from state-of the-art-technology by Hyundai Heavy Industries, a world leader in shipbuilding and OSX partner in UCN Açu, with more than 38 years of experience in constructing equipment for the offshore oil and gas industry.