ASMAR

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.

Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada

Company type	State-owned company
Industry	Shipbuilding, defence, engineering
Founded	April 6, 1960 (1960-04-06)
Headquarters	Valparaíso , Chile
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	US$180.1 million (2021)
Owner	State of Chile
Number of employees	3,000+ variable per month (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

Warships

• Chilean submarine chaser Papudo
• Future Chilean frigate

Patrol vessels

• 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

• Orompello-class landing ship
• BATRAL-class landing ship
• Chilean transport Aquiles
• Escotillón IV project

Hospital ship

• Chilean medical-dental vessel Cirujano Videla

Survey vessels

• RV Árni Friðriksson
• Chilean research ship Cabo de Hornos
• Antartica 1

Other products

• 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

Patrol vessels

• 
  Patrol craft Quintero (LSG-1621), Protector class, Chilean Navy, 2003
• 
  Offshore patrol vessel ICGV Þór, Icelandic Coast Guard, 2011
• 
  Offshore patrol vessel Cabo Odger (OPV-84), OPV-80 class, Chilean Navy, 2017

Amphibious and transport ships

• 
  Landing ship Rancagua (LST-92), BATRAL class, Chilean Navy, 1983
• 
  Troopship Aquiles (AP-41), Chilean Navy, 1988

Survey vessels

• 
  Hydrographic patrol ship Corneta Cabrales (PSH-77), Taitao class, Chilean Navy, 1996 (patrol vessel transformed in 2000)
• 
  Research ship Cabo de Hornos (AGS-61), Chilean Navy, 2013

Other products

• 
  Floating drydock Valparaíso III, SOCIBER company, 1983
• 
  Pumar boat, line of boats built since the 90s in different variants
• 
  Skúa barge, naval artifacts built since the 2000s for cargo transportation
• 
  Platform support vessel Maersk Dispatcher, Maersk, 2005 (built in conjunction with the Asenav shipyard)
• 
  Icelandic fishing vessel Heimaey (VE-1), 2012
• 
  Passenger transport boat Capitán IHL, Chilean Army, 2015

See also

• List of shipyards in Chile
• List of active ships of the Chilean Navy
• List of decommissioned ships of the Chilean Navy
• Plan Nacional Continuo de Construcción Naval

Sources

• 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

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Official website (in English)