SADRA
The Iran Marine Industrial Company, also known as SADRA, was founded in 1968 as a small ship repair yard in Bushehr. Since then, SADRA has established itself as the leading shipbuilding and ship repairing company in Iran. SADRA is also active in offshore oil & gas development. SADRA specializes in building ships, docks, and floating oil rigs. Sadra Group is a sister company of Iran's state-owned Iran Shipbuilding and Offshores Industries Complex Co.. As of April 2009, the IRGC-controlled construction conglomerate, Khatam al-Anbia owns a controlling stake in SADRA.
History
- In 2005, SADRA won a 100 million euro contract to build four cargo ships for German company Rickmers.
- In 2006, SADRA group won a $2.4 billion contract to build 10 LNG carriers for the Belgian shipping group EXMAR.
- In 2009, SADRA begun manufacturing four 113,000-metric-ton Aframax oil tankers for Venezuela.
- In 2009, SADRA launched a domestically-built semi-floatable drilling rig for the Caspian Sea. The semi-submersible rig called 'Iran-Alborz' is the largest in the Middle East. The semi-floatable platform is able to operate at water depths up to 1,030 meters and can drill down to 6,000 meters under the seabed. Iran-Alborz is operated by Iran North Drilling Co.
- Since 2010, SADRA has been involved in the development of South Pars phases 13 & 14.
- Iran Marine Industrial Company SADRA delivered the second Aframax oil ship on 12 June 2022 in a meeting between Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro after the documents were signed.
Iranian ship building market and industry