Vigo becomes one of the ten Spanish ports with the highest number of visits by cruise liners.
This month, 24 passenger ships with more than 40,000 holidaymakers and 15,000 crew visited the city.
China, world leader in ship orders
China is now the greatest world ship manufacturer per number of orders, taking over from South Korea according to figures for the first half of the year 2007, in which its orders increased by 165%, as quoted in the Chinese press.
The shipping company Navigasa is to order two more cargo ships from the Armón shipyard in Vigo
The shipping company Navigasa is to order two more multi-use cargo ships from the Armón shipyard in Vigo, to be ready in 2010 and which will be similar to the “Manuela E”, handed over yesterday during an act attended by some 150...
Mexico is Interested on Training its Shipbuilding Workers in Galicia
The Spanish and Mexican Governments signed a collaboration treaty between both countries Merchant Navy
Galicia Naval Industry Takes up 7% of the EU Orders and 1% of the Worldwide Orders
The sector manufactures alone more than France, Finland, and Denmark togetherThe contracts with Norway launch Spain to the third position in the European ranking on number of ships ordered
The Saturation in the Shipyards Doubles the Price of the Oil Tankers and Shoots up the Second-Hand M
The high demand from most of the main shipping lines worldwide (Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping, Kline, and Nippon Yusen, in container ships; National Iranian Tankers, in oil tankers, and Royal Caribbean, in ocean liners) is causing...
Vigo Takes Part on the Development of an Automated Intelligent Fishing Vessel
The University of Vigo, Anfaco, and Company Baliño are part of a Technological Consortium coordinated by the Innovamar Foundation.
Freire Will Build Six Tugs for the Danish Shipping Line Maersk
The Vigo shipyard has already contracts with a French firm for building four tugs.