Shipbuilding is reactivated in Mexico

4 April 2014

After 21 years of inactivity, this April 2nd 2014, the Mexican shipbuilding industry was revived in TNG with the kick off of steel plate cutting with the beginning of the tugs shipbuilding that will renew part of the PEMEX Refinacion’s minor fleet.

The last shipbuilding in Talleres Navales del Golfo was registered in 1993 and since then the Mexican shipbuilding industry was paused. More than 2 years of lobbying have passed to restart with the shipbuilding in Mexico, moment when TNG’s management changed and developed important efforts to have a closer relation with the Mexican Government, PEMEX and SEMAR, under the strategic vision of becoming a leader of the Mexican shipbuilding industry, today looks as a successful politic context favoured by the Energy Reform when Talleres Navales del Golfo is chosen as the main Mexican shipyard that participates in the renewal of the PEMEX Refinacion’s minor fleet.

Of the 22 vessels that PEMEX needs, TNG certificated by SEMAR as one of the Mexican shipyards with more capacity and infrastructure to this requirement, which has the mission to carry out the cutting of the steel plates that will be used in the shipbuilding of the first 7 tug vessels assigned to Mexico, and the most important, the full shipbuilding of 4 of these. The project will include the shotblasting, shop primer and the bevel of the more than 1500 steel plates with a weight of close to 3000 ton.


Image by Talleres Navales del Golfo

For this reason, this April 2nd 2014 the kick off was carried out of the shipbuilding reactivation in Mexico with the first steel plates cutting that will be used for PEMEX Refinacion vessels. “With this important milestone we are ready to build a new history, our 80 years experience where in the past we made diverse vessels for PEMEX highlighting 4 tank vessels of 45000 dead weight; this place us as an experienced enterprise and also with the infrastructure and certificated manpower to set Mexico inside of the international shipbuilding industry” said by Jose Antonio Sardina, General Manager of TNG. “The commitment is to deliver the first tug vessel the next June 2015” concluded.

Talleres Navales del Golfo press release