Cotecmar
Cotecmar (Science and Technology Corporation of Naval, Maritime and Riverine Industry Development) was created by the initiative of the Colombian National Army through a strategic association with Nacional University, Norte University and Tecnológica de Bolívar University.
A new milestone was accomplished in Colombia’s corporate history. The delivery of the “A.R.C. 20 de Julio” vessel by Cotecmar to the Colombian Navy consolidates the reemergence of an industry that, until recently, was not too widely known in the country. It is the shipyard industry, which, by means of its endeavors in terms of scientific and technological development, has made for Colombia’s entry to the exclusive group of Latin American nations comprised by Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Chile that are building their own sea warfare vessels.
The support of providers in this type of construction endeavors is essential, because this industry is one of synthesis. The national industry’s participation was represented by 220 companies from all over the country that added up more than 4,000 business transactions for the OPV’s construction process alone.
This is the reason why Cotecmar’s and the nation’s geostrategic horizon towards the year 2022 is focused on strengthening the shipyard industry’s technological development, thus seeking the consolidation of this sector as an important driver of Colombian economy, which may generate value, knowledge, employment and, most of all, prosperity for all.
The developed capacity, the knowledge and the experience acquired by Cotecmar are at the service of the National Navy and of the nation as a whole; the immediate intent is to position Colombia within the group of ship construction and exporting countries, both in the field of security and defense as well as general duty vessels.
The design and construction capacity acquired by Colombia is reaching for the future through relationships that have begun to take on great importance abroad. The construction of the new Logistical and Coastal Support Vessels will start to allow the offer of services within the next few years in terms of riverine support across the nation’s hard-to-reach areas. This type of units will come to back up the government’s social work and the strategy to consolidate the social growth of isolated communities by means of the humanitarian tasks the vessels will have the capacity to develop.
Such vessels may be exported to foreign countries that share our very same usage of both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and that may require low-cost solutions for any issue affecting transportation and communication.
Cotecmar pushed forward the construction of a 70 Bollard Pull Offshore Tugboat with steel hull and structure, which shall be delivered this year. With this type of ships, Cotecmar became a serious technological alternative for the construction of vessels to support the offshore oil exploration and production now being led by Colombia.
Cotecmar has managed to develop significant breakthroughs in the Naval Industry and, specifically, in the river-based component by means of the three (3) generations of the PAF-P (Heavy River Support Patrol Vessels - PAF-P Patrullera de Apoyo Fluvial - Pesada) Project, which was qualified as a technological innovation by the National Science and Technology Council, and was given an award by the Colombian Association of Scientific Advancement.
Additionally, this group also includes the PAF-L (Light River Support Patrol Vessels - PAF-L Patrullera de Apoyo Fluvial - Liviana), LPR (River Patrol Speedboats) and other developing projects such as the design and construction of ECF (River Warfare Elements), the CPV (Coastal Patrol Vessel) and the second generation OPV (Ocean Patrol Vessel) as well as the BALC-F (Logistical and Coastal Trade Support Vessel).
“In the near future, Cotecmar not only aspires to become the ideal ship building alternative for the Colombian Navy as well as for the offshore and port sectors, but also expects to morph into a leading company in the development of products to support Colombia’s maritime and riverine growth”, the words of Rear Admiral Roberto Sáchica Mejía, President of Cotecmar.
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