Private company
Estaleiro Mauá
Shipyard in Niterói, Brazil1
Mauá Shipyard SA is the oldest private Brazilian shipyard, being surpassed only by the state-owned Arsenal da Marinha do Brasil, which was founded in 1808. Its origin is the Anglo-Brazilian company Estabelecimento de Fundição e Estaleiros da Ponta d'Areia, located in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, and was bought on August 11, 1846, by Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, at the time Baron of Mauá.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Mauá Shipyard SA is the oldest private Brazilian shipyard, being surpassed only by the state-owned Arsenal da Marinha do Brasil, which was founded in 1808. Its origin is the Anglo-Brazilian company Estabelecimento de Fundição e Estaleiros da Ponta d'Areia, located in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, and was bought on August 11, 1846, by Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, at the time Baron of Mauá.2
Products and brands
- oil tanker
Listed on Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1846Founded Founded1
Links
- WikipediaEstaleiro Mauá
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ10275472
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- 1WikidataEstaleiro Mauá on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaEstaleiro Mauá on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsEstaleiro Mauá photo by Diego Baravelli, CC BY-SA 4.0