Forship
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Forship is a Brazilian business group, present in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Focusing in commissioning
and operability
, the group provides engineering services for the oil & gas, marine, energy, petrochemical, and mining sectors.
, expanding its activities also to the energy, petrochemical and mining segments.
Consolidating its international presence, Forship launched in 2006 Forship Asia operations, based on Singapore, and covering the Asian and Middle East markets.
Since 2000 Forship is a member of SOBENA, the Brazilian Society of Marine Engineering . In 2006 Forship received the ISO 9001 certificate in Commissioning Management, from DNV. In 2008 Forship became active member of CE-EPC , a Brazilian non-profit entity gathering operators, EPC companies, service providers, normative entities and universities, aiming to develop and share best practices for EPC
projects. CE-EPC main goal is to associate the Brazilian industry in a competitive and sustainable way to the global EPC network in the oil & gas and energy markets.
Project commissioning
Project commissioning is the process of assuring that all systems and components of a building or industrial plant are designed, installed, tested, operated, and maintained according to the operational requirements of the owner or final client...
and operability
Operability
Operability is the ability to keep an equipment, a system or a whole industrial installation in a safe and reliable functioning condition, according to pre-defined operational requirements....
, the group provides engineering services for the oil & gas, marine, energy, petrochemical, and mining sectors.
History
The business was founded in 1998 by Fabio Fares, who identified the lack of sound structured methodology and tools to manage and execute the commissioning activities of complex industrial projects. Since then, Forship has participated in a significant part of the major oil & gas projects in BrazilBrazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, expanding its activities also to the energy, petrochemical and mining segments.
Consolidating its international presence, Forship launched in 2006 Forship Asia operations, based on Singapore, and covering the Asian and Middle East markets.
Since 2000 Forship is a member of SOBENA, the Brazilian Society of Marine Engineering . In 2006 Forship received the ISO 9001 certificate in Commissioning Management, from DNV. In 2008 Forship became active member of CE-EPC , a Brazilian non-profit entity gathering operators, EPC companies, service providers, normative entities and universities, aiming to develop and share best practices for EPC
EPC
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projects. CE-EPC main goal is to associate the Brazilian industry in a competitive and sustainable way to the global EPC network in the oil & gas and energy markets.
Portfolio of services
- Commissioning
- Operation & maintenance
- Construction & assembly
- Operability certification
- Regulatory support
- Owner's engineering
- Technical and economic feasibility studies
- Licensing of HMSWeb, a commissioning management systemCommissioning Management SystemsCommissioning can be defined as the process of assuring that all systems and components of a building or industrial plant are designed, installed, tested, operated, and maintained according to the operational requirements of the owner or final client....
Forship group structure
- Forship Engenharia S.A., head office in Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
- Forship International B.V., in AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
- Forship Asia Pte. Ltd., in SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
- Forship Houston, in the USA
- HMSWeb Tecnologia da Informação, in Rio de Janeiro
- DMSForship Serviços Petrolíferos Lda., joint venture in AngolaAngolaAngola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...