ASMAR Magallanes, the southernmost shipyard in the world, was born in 1896 when the Bonacic Brothers started the construction of the Naval Shipyard in Punta Arenas, which turned to be ASMAR 21 de Mayo Shipyard. In 1986, a society between the South African company Sandock Austral Ltd and ASMAR created SAEM Shipyard in Bahia Catalina. In 1999, both facilities were merged in the latest location to provide a comprehensive shipyard. At present, ASMAR Magallanes facilities, approved by ISPS Code (International Ship & Port Facilities Security), include a marine railway for ships up to 3,570 tons, a 212m longitudinal transference line and a 135m parallel transference line with a total of 9 docking positions, a 300m pier and a wide range of workshops where all kind of ship repair works are offered. The Shipyard also builds 9.5m self-propelled barges for loading and unloading operations, allowing her to transport a 20" container. Likewise, its quality management system is certified under the International Quality Standard ISO-9001:2008.more

Located in the Bay of Concepcion, Talcahuano, it is the main shipyard of ASMAR. In its complete facilities, ASMAR highly skilled staff provides services such as shipbuilding of commercial and military ships up to 50,000 dwt and the repair, modernization and refit of commercial and military ships up to 96,000 dwt according to the most demanding quality standards guaranteed by the certification of its Quality System in accordance with the most demanding international standard, the ISO-9001:2008, by the Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance. Its facilities, approved according to the ISPS Code (International Ship & Port Facilities Security), include two drydocks, five floating docks (two of them roofed), over 1,100 m of berths and mooring sites with associated services, a newbuilding slipway, and modern production centers in areas such as structures, electric, mechanics, diesel engines, machine-tools, boilers and piping, electronics, weapon systems, weapon mechanics, finishings, etc that support maintenance, repair, modernization, conversion, refit, and shipbuilding activities. Also, the Shipyard has a unit approved by the National Standardization System under the NCh-ISO 17025 of2005, called the Patterns Laboratory, which offers calibration services under controlled environmental conditions and with modern metrologic infrastructure.more