NAVALIA has sold the 70% of the floor plan with an important international participation

The Navalia’s Executive Committee just celebrate the last meeting of the year with very positive results, due to organizers has achieved to sell the 70% of the floor plan within five months before its celebration. The promotion activity of the event had been very intense during the last three months. The 90% of the hiring spaces belong to foreign countries, being Holland and Norway the ones with more squared meters. The manager of Navalia, Mr. Javier Arnau, said that forecast which they are working with “are very ambitious and we expect increase the number of exhibitors in a 40%, at least, with regard Navalia’s last edition” that will mean the presence of 500 companies.

NAVALIA confirms its agreements with the Chinese market in Marintec

This is the last promotion activity of the year, but also one of the most important because of its aim. The Navalia’s technical team will arrive this night, Spanish time, in Shanghai to participate in Marintec, the biggest and most important exhibition of the naval industry in China, because of its dimensions and its represented sectors extent; it had been celebrated since 1981.

NAVALIA visits the Europort Maritime Exhibition, one of the most important in naval sector.

During this visit a collaboration agreement will be signed with Holland Marine Equipment association.

NAVALIA, go for the Korean market!

Next week the manager of the Vigo’s contest will meet with the seven main Korean auxiliary industry suppliers and with the Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA)

Engineers of Vigo are thinking about a communication Local Area Netwok (LAN) for fishing boats in or

Researchers from the campus and the Wireless Galicia and Quobis companies apply the WiMAX broadband technology to the coastal environment.

A red “monster” crosses the ría (of Vigo)

Factoría Naval de Marín tries out in the ría (of Vigo) a "supply" that will work in platforms of the Sea of the north.

Vulcano finalize the sale of a seismic boat to refloat its affiliate

The slow exit of the crisis of Factorias Juliana, a legendary shipyard from Gijón.

Barreras builts the biggest ship of the Vigo’s naval history

The Port of Vigo will cede to the shipyard 200 meters docking on the repair pier of to finnish the ship, which construction begun in Portugal.

The naval industry of Vigo has offered to build the firsts twenty fishing boats of the Russian fleet

Barreras and Cardama joins with Factorías Vulcano, Metalships, Polyships, Armón y Freire to be part of the delegation that will go to Moscow in November

La Xunta will give 8 million Euros to the shipyards to provide a five vessels order

Navalia opens a new commercial office in Brazil and continues with its promotional activity.

Navalia had turn into one of the most important International exhibitions of the naval sector, furthermore Navalia organization had established between its aims to work as a lobby in some companies. Because of this, the company just opens a new office in Brazil, country that captures the attention of businessmen because of the important economic potential it houses. This office comes on top of the office Navalia has already in China, which main work is focused in make known the Spanish Naval Sector and to defend its interests out of our frontiers.

20% of Navalia exhibitors will participate in the exhibition for the first time.

This is one of the most eagerly awaited data by the organization because it confirms the consolidation of Navalia as an international reference. In a context of economic crisis the exhibition from Vigo will receive the participation of new companies, because to date, 20% of confirmed exhibitors will participate in Navalia for the first time.

Barreras builts the biggest ship of the Vigo’s naval history

The Port of Vigo will cede to the shipyard 200 meters docking on the repair pier of to finnish the ship, which construction begun in Portugal.

Vigo will receive a fishing summit during the Spanish presidency of the UE one week before NAVALIA

Vigo will receive the most important fishing summit during the Spanish presidency of the UE (that will begin on January the 1st), that will gather ministers from the 27 countries of the European Union in the city from 5th to 6th of May 2010. This appointment will be held the previous week of NAVALIA´s celebration, therefore the foresee May agenda proves the International importance of Vigo on subjects related with sea.

Galician Parliament admit to procedure a popular initiative in order to Fene recover the civil shipyard

The three politic groups of the Galician Parliament agree, last December the 28th, to admit to procedure a popular legislative initiative, promoted with the support of 18,600 signs, to promote the naval sector in Galicia and to give back to the shipyard Navantia-Fene the capacity of built civil ships of big size, capacity that the old Astano lost in the 80’s restructuring after Spanish admission in the EU.

A German multimillionaire order a copy of the famous ship “Germania” to Factoria Naval

Factoría Naval de Marin is turning into a world reference in building of classic sailing ships. In August this year delivered to a Scottish ship owner the ship “Elena” of 42 meters long and 1,120 squared meters of sails, designed by the engineer from Vigo, Mr. Iñigo Echenique that based his design on plans of 1911 of the North American architect Mr. Nathanael Harreshoff. .

Cape Town and Brazil confirm its interest in NAVALIA 2010

We are getting closer to the opening of NAVALIA 2010 and there are a lot of companies that confirm its presence. On this way, during last days, two very interesting countries for the naval Spanish industry as Cape Town and Brazil, have confirmed its presence in Vigo. Cape Town, a country that since 2008 maintain different agreements with Galician naval companies of the sector, will visit Vigo with a delegation of 10 brands interested in obtain new collaboration agreements. Brazil, is a market with an enormous potential for the Galician metallurgical industry, specially for the metal mechanics and the naval.

NAVALIA bets on occupational risk prevention also in this Edition

Apart from present last technological innovations of the naval sector, the most international exhibition of Vigo will be also a reference for others in order to professionals of the sector exchange knowledge and interest coinciding with NAVALIA. Training is a fundamental pillar for the Galician naval sector, because it is an indispensable tool to guarantee and support the present and future development of the sector.

Freire Shipyard finalizes contracts with Arabian, African and Venezuelan countries

The hundred year old shipyard from Vigo Paulino Freire has opened its frontiers to open an order book that allows them to dodge the sector crisis. During last months managers of the shipyard have been maintaining negotiations with some governments and ship owners from Arab countries, Occidental Africa, and Venezuela. Its offer is focused mainly on oil and oceanographic ships.

Navantia managed to be the world leader in gas ships repair in 2009

The Galician Shipyard Navantia closed last year turned into the world leader in gas ships repair. During 2009, shipping lines with LNG Carriers fleets decided to carry out maintenance and update tasks in 89 ships, 23 of them made landfall in the piers of the old companies Astano y Bazán. Or that which is the same, one of every 4 GNL carrier ships that had been repaired last year made it in Ferrol.

The ship "Mol Valparaiso" inaugurate the line between Vigo and the African port Abidjan

The container carrier ship registered in Vanuatu ‘Mol Valparaíso’ inaugurates today in the Port of Vigo an new bimonthly regular line, with this line from now on, the consignee Noreste Shipping plans to speed up the connection between South African ports and the port of Vigo.

The naval cluster brings together in Santiago Experts from United Kingdom and Portugal

Distinguished investigators from universities and technological centres from Portugal, United Kingdom and Galicia will participate next 26th of January, in Santiago de Compostela in an international conference organized by the Galician naval cluster (Aclunaga) which aim is to promote innovation in Galician naval companies, and fundamentally in the ones belonged from the auxiliary sector.

20% of Navalia exhibitors will participate in the exhibition for the first time.

This is one of the most eagerly awaited data by the organization because it confirms the consolidation of Navalia as an international reference. In a context of economic crisis the exhibition from Vigo will receive the participation of new companies, because to date, 20% of confirmed exhibitors will participate in Navalia for the first time.

Navalia opens a new commercial office in Brazil and continues with its promotional activity.

Navalia had turn into one of the most important International exhibitions of the naval sector, furthermore Navalia organization had established between its aims to work as a lobby in some companies. Because of this, the company just opens a new office in Brazil, country that captures the attention of businessmen because of the important economic potential it houses. This office comes on top of the office Navalia has already in China, which main work is focused in make known the Spanish Naval Sector and to defend its interests out of our frontiers.

Barreras builts the biggest ship of the Vigo’s naval history

The Port of Vigo will cede to the shipyard 200 meters docking on the repair pier of to finnish the ship, which construction begun in Portugal.

Vigo will receive a fishing summit during the Spanish presidency of the UE one week before NAVALIA

Vigo will receive the most important fishing summit during the Spanish presidency of the UE (that will begin on January the 1st), that will gather ministers from the 27 countries of the European Union in the city from 5th to 6th of May 2010. This appointment will be held the previous week of NAVALIA´s celebration, therefore the foresee May agenda proves the International importance of Vigo on subjects related with sea.

Galician Parliament admit to procedure a popular initiative in order to Fene recover the civil shipyard

The three politic groups of the Galician Parliament agree, last December the 28th, to admit to procedure a popular legislative initiative, promoted with the support of 18,600 signs, to promote the naval sector in Galicia and to give back to the shipyard Navantia-Fene the capacity of built civil ships of big size, capacity that the old Astano lost in the 80’s restructuring after Spanish admission in the EU.

A German multimillionaire order a copy of the famous ship “Germania” to Factoria Naval

Factoría Naval de Marin is turning into a world reference in building of classic sailing ships. In August this year delivered to a Scottish ship owner the ship “Elena” of 42 meters long and 1,120 squared meters of sails, designed by the engineer from Vigo, Mr. Iñigo Echenique that based his design on plans of 1911 of the North American architect Mr. Nathanael Harreshoff. .

The President of the Government will take part in NAVALIA 2010 Honour Committee

The President of the government, Mr. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, will take part in the Honour Committee in the third edition of the International Exhibition of the naval sector, NVALIA 2010. The Presidency Office had confirmed it last week trough a letter sent to the exhibition organizers.

Vigo becomes the world centre for eco-efficient fishing in May 2010

The First international Conference on Fishing Vessel Energy Efficiency “E-fishing" on energy efficiency in the fisheries sector, will be held on 18th, 19th and 20th of May in Vigo. This symposium is one of the activities in the framework of the activities of the International Exhibition on Shipbuilding Industry, NAVALIA which in its third edition has ranked among the top five position on the ranking of world exhibitions. It will be the first in a series of biennial meetings conferences where experts from around the world will report on recent advances in research and development in the field of energy conservation in fishing vessels.

NAVALIA participates in a commercial mission to Pernambuco (Brazil)

Next week NAVALIA organizers will participate in a commercial mission organized by the Authority of the Port of Vigo to Pernambuco (Brazil), a mission in which wind energy, fishing and granite sectors will also participate. The aim of the trip is to present the Port of Vigo as the big entrance door to Europe in the Atlantic coast. The visit apart from being an important promotion platform of the exhibition will be used for Galician companies to reach bilateral agreements with other firms of the country.

ACLUNAGA gather in Santiago distinguished researchers from United Kingdom, Portugal and Galicia.

The aim of the meeting, financed by Feder inside Aux-Navalia project, was to promote innovation in Galician naval companies. Distinguished researchers from universities and technological centres from Portugal, United Kingdom and Galicia participated last 26th of January, in Santiago de Compostela, in an international conference organized by ACLUNAGA.

The company from Vigo Islas Industries set up the first Spanish factory in the United Arab Emirates.

The company presided by the young businessman José Antonio Silva, participates in a 5.8 million investment in a factory in Dubai that employs 670 people.

The Galician naval sector apply for 20 contracts to guarantee their work in 2012

Galician shipyards just have workload for one year. Assembly dry docks will begin to become empty during 2011, with the progressive deliver of 30 ships that still remain in the order book in which, in the last 12 months, only 7 new contracts have been registered.

NAVALIA 2010 Presentation

Next 4th of March the Centro Social Caixanova will receive the presentation of Navalia 2010. The International Exhibition of the naval industry will celebrate this year its third Edition with excellent participation rates, overall if the delicate moment of the world economy is taken into account.

The porto of Suape and the main associations of the Brazilian Naval sector will visit NAVALIA 2010

Simmepe, Fiepe and Sinaval try to know first hand information about Galician companies. Organizers of the exhibition will prepare also al parallel program that allows these institutions to visit the Port of Vigo installations and the city shipyards.

NAVALIA lobbies in Pernambuco and studies ship building agreements

State of Pernambuco Industrial Federation and the National Shipbuilding and Repair Industry and Offshore of Brazil Association want to collaborate with Galician companies. Exhibition organizers participate in the commercial mission run by the Port Authority of Vigo.

The ship-owner Maersk reopens the maritime route between Namibia and Vigo

The Danish company Maersk – one of the biggest ship-owners in the world- reopens route with Vigo. Almost four years after having excluded the port of Vigo of an oceanic route with Namibia that ends in Algeciras, the company just announces the re-establishment of the stopover of Vigo in the transcontinental service of frozen fish.

The naval sector from Vigo will participate in shipbuilding in Brazil and will transfer technology

The naval sector from Vigo has embarked on the search and seizure of international Business. Sector businessmen can not resign themselves to not react in view of the fall of orders of the local shipyards. Both shipbuilders and auxiliary industry have focused themselves on Brazil, a country that in 70’s was the second shipbuilder in the world and now is the 7th and that continue rising.

NAVALIA embarks on achieving new cruises ship owners

During this week, technicians of Navalia will be moved to Miami to participate in the exhibition Seatrade Cruise Shipping an appointment that since 25 years ago get the auxiliary industry, consignees, ship owners and suppliers of the international tourism sector together.

The third Edition of NAVALIA reaches the objectives marked duplicating 2006 numbers

“It’s been 6 years now of the birth of NAVALIA, and it seems that was yesterday when some businessmen from Vigo thought in organize the exhibition. And how the things have been changed!”. The president of the exhibition Mr. José Francisco González Viñas, who went with Mr. Javier Guerra, Regional Minister of Economy and Industry, Mr. Abel Caballero, Mayor of Vigo, and Mr. José Luis Pego, General Manager of Caixanova, begun with these words the presentation of NAVALIA 2010. Mr. Viñas went over the last 2 editions, that have been increased till achieve very positive numbers.

Navalia will receive the official presentation of the European Fishing Platform

The entity expect to join the different links of the chain (fishing, transformation and commercialization of fishing products technologies) to cover R+D+i areas in fishing.

NAVALIA welcomes new members of the Executive Committee

Shottel’s Group (Germany), DNV Global Managing Risk (Norway), Artai and the Instituto Ferial de Vigo (IFEVI) have joined. That’s the first time that this kind of exhibition will count with international companies members, that will reinforce our industry image.

NAVALIA tries to promote naval auxiliary industry agreements in Miami

From 25 years ago The Seatrade Cruise Shipping event get together in the American city members of auxiliary industry, ship agents, ship owners and international tourist sector suppliers.

Vigo’s shipyards predicts a contracting upturn thanks to Scandinavian ship-owners

After two contracting black years Vigo’s shipyards starts being optimistic. Business done by shipbuilding companies from la Ría de Vigo starts to work, according to the sector source.

Astilleros Freire bota el buque de investigación marina privado más avanzado del mundo

El oceanográfico, de 73 metros de eslora, lleva a bordo un submarino con capacidad para 6 personas y que puede alcanzar una profundidad de 165 metros. El astillero vigués Paulino Freire ha marcado con su construcción número 700 un hito en la historia naval de la Ría.

Eight Naval Galician companies moves to Brazil as shipyard’s auxiliary

These companies have signed agreements with Rio de Janeiro shipbuilders to supply specialized labor and ship parts.

Brazil offers business opportunities in the naval sector and in infrastructures

The director of the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in Spain, Antonio del Corro, has explained yesterday to an hundred of businessmen from Pontevedra the industrial and services needs of the South American country.

"The Galician shipbuilding sector has a lot to do in Brazil; Petrobras is going to build 300 vessels"

INTERVIEW- Antonio del Corro, Managing Director of the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in Spain. Antonio del Corro, was born in Madrid 61 years ago is a lawyer gained a master at the Instituto de Empresa of Madrid (Spain). During 20 years he has managed the Banco Exterior de España y Banesto. He has been administering their subsidiaries in Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela and United States. He is the current Managing Director of the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in Spain.

NAVALIA will host the official presentation of the European Fisheries Technology Platform

The firm tries to bring together the various links in the chain (extractive fishing, processing and commercialisation technologies for fishing products) to tackle RTDI areas in fishing. The EFTP has so far been made up of a preliminary Task Force consisting of firms from the sector.

Metalships invests 30m in enlarging the shipyard and its third floating dock.

The Rodman Group acquires 100% of Varaderos Pérez Méndez, providing it with an additional 15,000 metres.

Auxiliary companies from the naval industry begin a mission to explore the Russian market

Asime, Galicia’s metal industries association, this week began a trade mission to Russia, where its members will meet with entrepreneurs and representatives from business organisations and institutions. The mission will visit the cities of Saint Petersburg and Moscow. The former holds enormous potential mainly for naval activity but also for car manufacturing and other metal sector activities. This, together with the increasingly open Russian market, makes the city a business opportunity that many companies should bear in mind

The EU labels Vigo's naval industry as a technological reference point.

The seventh Framework Programme will finance two plans covering noise and vibrations that will include local shipyards. Oceanographic vessels made in the harbour have become an example of the cutting edge in this community sector.

An "ecological" boat with the Vigo stamp

The Astilleros Lagos shipyard is constructing a small, 5.5-metre long, low-consumption wooden craft whose design has been published in the prestigious North American magazine WoodenBoat. Astilleros Lagos, founded in 1915, is devoted to restoration and maintenance of wooden pleasure craft in amongst the large Vigo shipyards.

In the summer Barreras will begin enlargement of its slipways for vessels up to 250 metres

The company will take advantage of reduced activity due to a fall in orders to adapt its facilities to larger ships.

"No more shipyards in Vigo harbour will be left by the wayside, and I include Marin"

INTERVIEW: Mr. José Francisco González Viñas – President of the Spanish Ship Builders’ Association (Unión Española de Constructores Navales). After the annus horribilis of last year, which saw shipyards sign just five contracts in Galicia, José Francisco González Viñas, President of Barreras and of the Spanish Ship Builders’ Association, faces 2010 in “moderately optimistic” mood. He assures that commercial activity in shipbuilding has slowly been reactivated and trusts that shipyards will begin to clinch the first contracts between now and the summer. “The worst is over,” he says.

Great Britain commissions an ?85m oceanographic vessel from Freire

The National Environment Research Council (NERC) will substitute the current “RSS Discovery” with this ship. The scientific vessel will be the largest ever made in the harbour, at 98m in length and capable of carrying 52 researchers.

A Vigo company has managed to improve longliner vessel energy efficiency by 25%

The firm works in vessel design improvement and uses I.T. simulation tools. VICUS Desarrollos Tecnológicos (VICUSdt) states that it has achieved positive results in a project it is participating, to find energy savings in surface longlining vessels.

NAVALIA will host the official presentation of the European Fisheries Technology Platform

The firm tries to bring together the various links in the chain (extractive fishing, processing and commercialisation technologies for fishing products) to tackle RTDI areas in fishing. The EFTP has so far been made up of a preliminary Task Force consisting of firms from the sector.

The stand of the Consellería de Economía e Industria will show advanced systems of 3D virtual reality

The Consellería de Economía e Industria of the Galician Government will participate one edition more in Navalia showing its new projects

The Vigo metal sector has signed investment deals in Brazil for over 10 million in new plants and joint venture companies

Asime, the Galician Employer's Organisation for the metal sector, will be opening a branch office in Río de Janeiro.

The Shipbuilding Industry Exhibition presents its workshops two weeks before its opening

More than 2.000 proffesionals will assist to the workshops organized in Navalia.

NAVALIA´s third edition close its doors with the construction of new vessels of 3.500 millions

More than 4.000 visitor companies have been represented during the event looking for new commercial agreements. The exhibition president, José Francisco González Viñas, ensures that before the 1st of august of this year, the Ria´s Shipyards will have new orders.

City naval industry sector acknowledges the Vigo´s port support to maritime industry

APV president, Corina Porro, has received a NAVALIA´s mention for her work leading this institution. The economy and industry Counsellor, Javier Guerra, will close at 18:30 the third edition of this international exhibition.

The launching of the Armas?s biggest ferry will be on Thursday

Next Thursday, 15th of July, the launching of the new ferry of the shipping company Armas will carried out, built by Barreras Shipyard and named as “Volcán de Tenerife”, which delivery will be at the end of the year.

The Xunta will regulate by decree the naval quality stamp to boost the sector

It is about a pioneering certificate in Spain to whom around one thousand companies can access

The Shipping Company from Vigo Elcano builds three gas tankers for the Brazilian oil company Petrobras

The ships will be chartered throughout 20 years to the oil state owned company from Brazil.

Vulcano receives an Armon offer for Factorias Juliana

Factorías Vulcano presented yesterday in the commercial court number 1 of Oviedo the buying offer of its subsidiary company assets from the group Armón from Navia. The transaction, that will allows to recover shipbuilding in Gijon´s bay, must be authorized first of all by the judge and then by the creditors meeting.

The Businessman from Vigo Urbano Alonso buys the MCies shipyard and keeps the 35 jobs

The commercial court gives green Light to the transaction that relies on the approval of the trustee in bankruptcy.

The Group from Vigo Tesol will provide soldiering robots to Brzilian shipyards for 2.5 millions

Orders were realized by shipbuilders from Río, Pernambuco and Santa Catarina

A Galician company invents the first 'ecoship' of the world

The «Marchao 39» is made in aluminium, has electric auxiliary motor and is totally automatic.

NAVALIA reaches an agreement with Korean companies for its 2012 edition in Hamburg

Negotiations for this visit were begun the last year with the person responsible for the investments from the Korean Embassy of Spain. South Korea is the country the biggest number of shipyards in the world and they consider Galician industry “Reddy, with a big potential and with capacity to. Negotiations for this visit were begun last year with the person responsible for the investments of the Korean Embassy in Spain. South Korea is the country with the largest number of shipyards in the world and it considers the Galician industry as “ready, with big potential and with a capacity of generate new agreements in other sectors”.

NAVALIA begins its new International promotion agenda with the visit to the SMM exhibition in Hamburg

José Francisco González Viñas will visit the event because “Vigo should keep as a reference in the naval sector”. The German appointment is the most important in the world for the sector from its creation in the 60’s, what increase the possibilities of getting more exhibitors and visitors in the event of Vigo in 2012.

Barreras finalizes a contract with Armas to build a new ferry of 120 millions

During next weeks another one will be signed and all they have to do is to negotiate a financing system

Industry manage 12 millions of guarantee for the Freire's new vessel 'off-shore'

The Pymar’s Interim Committee approves the guarantee charged to the Xunta

The liquefied natural gas allows vessels to save the 45% of their operative costs

An report from the classification society DNV emphasizes that this fuel help the disposal of sulphide emissions, reduce a 25% the ones of carbon dioxide and a 90% the ones of nitrous oxide

Vigo leads a pioneering project to reduce the ships pollution

A company from Vigo heads a pioneering initiative to reduce the sea pollution. The project will have a total cost of 4 millions Euros; the European Union will contribute 2.6 millions to finance it, 1 million of which will fully stay in Galicia, just as it was approved in the announcement of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme.

Shipyards contract vessels again after 20 months without orders

New 600 millions orders give work to the factories to last themselves until 2012. During last quarter, the Galician private sector has incorporated 6 vessels to its order book which is valued in 1.500 millions.

NAVALIA visits Seatrade Middle East Maritime in Dubai

The event represents the main entrance platform of Middle East for naval products and services. Navalia’s management team will meet the responsibles of different exhibiting brands as shipyards, ship owners and Offshore Services from Arabian Emirates.

The IEO and Armón finalize the contract to build an ocean graphic vessel

The Spanish Oceanography Institute (IEO) and the shipyard Armón cherish an agreement in order to the company builds in Vigo an ocean graphic vessel of 20 million Euros during next months. In the beginning the ship are going to be built by M. Cies, which situation (bankruptcy proceeding) made unviable to carry out the contract.

The Vigo’s naval sector achieves four of the eleven vessels hired in Spain until June

Shipyards from Vigo has achieved four of the eleven vessels hired in Spain during the first six months of the year, which means a little improvement with regard the last year numbers, regarding last information of the Naval Sector Management, organism dependent on the Ministry of Industry.

Freire launches an off-shore vessel for the Norwegian ship owner Rieber Shipping

The “Polar Queen”, as the vessel has been named is the second of a series of two units.

NAVALIA visits Seatrade Middle East Maritime in Dubai

The event represents the main entrance platform of Middle East for naval products and services. Navalia’s management team will meet the responsibles of different exhibiting brands as shipyards, ship owners and Offshore Services from Arabian Emirates.

NAVALIA prepares the visit of an Arabian shipyards delegation to Vigo to make known the auxiliary industry

Navalia’s organizer team, moved this week to Dubai to visit the Seatrade Middle East Maritime exhibition, is back in Vigo with some important news. After check the establishment and business opportunities offered by the Arabian Emirates, responsible people for the International Naval Industry Exhibition from Vigo prepare the visit of a shipyards delegation from this country to our city to know the auxiliary industry.

A seismic boat built in Vigo, chosen as the most distinguished vessel of the year

A seismic vessel built in Vigo have been chosen as the most distinguished one in the voting organized by the Asociación y Colegio de Ingenieros Navales y Oceánicos webpage. The WG Columbus was the one with the most of votes between the January the 31st and June the 30th of this year in www.ingenierosnavales.com

Shipyards from Vigo plan the renovation of 50 fishing boats from the fleet of joint ventures

The first Project stage would mean a 2.000 millions investment

A 21 company’s consortium settles in Brazil to work for shipyards and in the construction

The Asime’s subsidiary negotiates order to carry out through “joint ventures”

Ship owners finalize the order of seven fishing vessels to the Vigo?s naval sector

The new vessels will belong to the Joint ventures that already operate in Namibia, the Falkland Islands or Argentina. The total cost financed by the European Investment Bank will be around 120 millions Euros.

NAVALIA achieved the participation of Algerian shipyards in its 2012 edition

The exhibition’s commercial department has met the representatives of the Business Group E.RE.NAV

The Galician naval sector achieves the support of the Brazilian Management to come into its market

Two energy and naval sector managements will promote the Galician companies entrance into the South American country market thanks to the agreements signed with the Chamber of Commerce of Pontevedra Turing the trade mission held this week with the participation of more than 40 Galician brands.

Four Galician companies plan to build a shipyard in Brazil

Four naval companies from Naron (Indasa, Gabadi, Tecnymo and Electrorayma), jointed in Galictio society, finalize the procedures to make an investment of almost 300 millions Euros to build a new shipyard in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, where the government from Rio de Janeiro is betting for the construction industry recovery.

Narwhal achieved a contract to sale 130 semi rigid boats to Morocco

The shipyard of pneumatic semi rigid vessels Narwhal, which venue is in Mos, have just closed a contract with the Moroccan government to provide them 130 vessels for a total amount of 3 millions Euros. The launches will be destined to the civil protection service of the country and more than the 50% have been already delivered.

Shipyards from Vigo will transfer technology to Brazil just if they build the 30% of their boats

The Brazilian oil industry size up shipyards from Vigo managers to convince them to participate in the construction of the new Transpetro fleet, which is a maritime transport subsidiary of Petrobras. During the meeting, organized by the Vigo’s Port Authority president, Corina Porro, different lines of collaboration were explained that nowadays are far from the situation of everyone.

Shipyards and big companies of the sector confirm their presence on NAVALIA 2012

The commercial team has sold yet the 34% of the exhibition space more than one year and a half far from the event celebration in Vigo. The most exhibitors that have renovated its presence increase the size of their stands in a 15% to show their products and to meet people.

Barreras will deliver this week the biggest ?ferry? built in the shipyard

The “Volcán del Teide” which is 178 meters long and 24 meter wide joined the Armas’s fleet

Metalships close the first contract for 2011 for the Vigo?s naval industry

The new off-shore vessel will cost araound 100 millions euros and will employ the shipyard during 2012

Navalia will carry out more than twenty promotional acts for its new edition

The working plan will made their organisers to travel as they go all around the world 3 times. The event is thinking in creating the brand “Galician Naval Sector”, with the aim of being recognized by its own all over the world, and not only through companies that, in a individual way, already has prestige in the market.

Barreras will close in February the contract of 500 millions 3 new vessels

The shipyard confirm that it is about two 205 meters “ferries” for the Armas ship owner and support vessel for the oil platforms for the Mexican multinational Pemex.

Narwhal closes a contract with the Russian Army to supply 60 launchs per year

The company from Vigo, will deliver in February three launch models to Russian military men establish the instructions

Pescapuerta bets for the VICUSdt technology to introduce the energy efficiency in their vessels

Pescapuerta group’s, company dedicated to fishing, transformation and marketing of frozen sea products which head office is in Vigo, has reached an agreement with VICUS dt for the establishment of iprovement measuremets of the energy efficiency in two of the fishing boats that they have in the South West Atlantic fishing grounds.

Freire will deliver the most advance private ocean graphic vessel of the world in two months

The marine investigation vessel is 73 meters long and it has a submarine and a helicopter on board.

Tapias order to Barreras an “off-shore” to pick up waste material from oil platforms

The shipyard from Vigo has four displace naval engineers in Houston working in developing the project

NAVALIA will use the Asimes BC office in Rio de Janeiro

Both organizations join together to promote our industry in a market characterized by the strong expansion

XBEE will present its innovative bio-technology for a better energy efficiency in NAVALIA 2012

The company Xbee has been operating in the European maritime sector for several years: in Spain Xbee is selling a bio additive for fuels based on enzymes to fishing vessels owners and to passengers transport companies.

MetalShips closes the contract of a new support vessel for oil platforms

The shipyard from Vigo MetalShips & Docks, from Rodman’s Group, has closed the contract of a new off-shore vessel for the support to oil platforms for 107 millions Euros. The ship, 135 meters long, has been ordered by the French multinational Technip, a world reference in the off-shore business, with a big fleet and more than 20.000 workers. With this vessel, MetalShips assures its workload until the end of 2012. The vessel is the sixth of a series built in the shipyard. The other vessels were delivered to the companies Bourbon (2) , MacDermott (1), and Technip (1). And recently the construction of a second unit for MacDermott has begun.

Armón launches an ocean Graphics vessel able to observe the bottom of the sea in three dimensions

The Spanish Ocean Graphic Institute (IEO) reached yesterday one of its most pursued aims with the launching of the ocean graphic vessel “Ramón Margalef” in the shipyard Armón – Vigo, which construction begun in the shipyard MCIES and it was delayed because of the bankruptcy of this shipbuilder. In four months the IEO will incorporate to its fleet this new unit that carries one of the most advanced lab of the world, in which systems to observe the bottom of the sea in three dimensions are included. The vessel cost was 18 millions Euros.

Vigo assembly and board to Angola the first floating electric power station built in Spain

The first floating electric power station built in Spain has the brand of Vigo. Freire sends today to Luanda (Angola’s capital) one of the most ambitious and innovated infrastructure made by the shipyard. It is about a 1.206 meters long steel vessel which is 4 meters high in which there are established a electric power station with enough power to supply energy to a 70.000 inhabitants town.

MetalShips leads the off-shore market when it builds the biggest vessel of the world.

In the “North Sea Giant”, of 153.6 meters long 140 millions have been invested in,

NAVALIA is studying to create a new innovation area in the 2012 edition

The organizers, who are visiting Sinaval (Bilbao), have met Innovamar foundation to begin to elaborate the proposal

The naval sector from Vigo holds the 41% of the new orders in Spain

Galicia wins in hiring, but the Basque Country is the leader in shipbuilding.

Cardama achieves financing to built three rescue vessels for Angola

Works will begin in a couple of weeks after receiving financing from the Spanish company of export credit

Atollvic extends its dry dock to be able to repair big vessels

The shipyard from Moaña will have capacity for pleasure boats bigger than 75 meters