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According to the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), the piracy is rising in West Africa. In the Gulf of Guinea, there have been 58 incidents in 2012, including 10 hijackings and 207 crew members taken hostage. The pirates in this area are particularly violent, with guns reported in at least 37 of the attacks. Benin is an exception, showing a sharp fall from 20 incidents (including eight hijackings) in 2011 to two (including one hijacking) in 2012.
Since early February have been producing pirate attacks on various vessels in this area, and the international news all point to that violence and hijackings will unfortunately continue off the coast of Africa.
This leads to an unsafe environment for everyone working on ships in this area as well possible as loss of material and time. Zamakona Yards together with CollBaix (Marine Armor System) are ready to protect our clientes. We prepare and install protective systems on vessels. We can not stop this threat, but we can help protect people!.
This factory is in a strategic location, being the Puerto de la Luz one of the most important ports for ship repairing in the Atlantic. Don’t hesitate to contact us for further information¡.
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Zamakona Yards together with Gates Europe is working on 22 marine risers belonging to Maersk Drilling in our facilities in Gran Canaria.
The job involves cleaning and inspection in order for Maersk to receive the certification and comply with their life cycle management.
It will take some 3 weeks to finish the job. They are of the Aker Solutions brand and weigh about 40 tons each. These jobs will occur frequently since marine risers have cyclical maintenance scheme.
Aker Solutions provides oilfield products, systems and services for customers in the oil and gas industry world-wide. The company’s knowledge and technologies span from reservoir to production and through the life of a field.
From the drilling rig to the power plant, Gates provides products and services the energy industry needs to keep equipment running productively, efficiently and safely.
We’ll continue reporting about services to the oil & gas industry.
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Repnaval Shipyard, integrated in Zamakona Yards group becomes as a member of FPAL. FPAL is one of a range of supplier management services provided by the Achilles Group, with individual schemes for buyer and supplier communities across a diverse range of industry sectors throughout the world.
Any current or prospective supplier to the UK, Dutch and Irish Oil and Gas Industry is invited to register by completing an on-line questionnaire which allows them to describe their full range of products, services, capabilities and supply history. Supplier profiles are then made available, on-line, to over 80 purchasing members who interrogate this list of suppliers in order to produce a short list, in accordance with the EU Utilities Procurement Directives.
We currently work directly with a large number of member enterprises of FPAL and aim to increase this number in the near future.
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With the desire to improve the training of our employees and therefore the service we provide to our customers, Nicol & Andrew moved to the Canary Islands to train our staff.
Originally founded in 1952, Nicol & Andrew was the first company of its kind to carry out in-situ machining and repairs on marine propulsion units such as diesel engines. The in-situ marine repairs allows a very rapid response and total dedication to getting the equipment back in running order in the minimum possible time.
For ten days a training has been conducted in our facilities enabling us to grind and polish crankpin in situ without dismantling and removing the engine crankshaft.
This saves time and cost and can repair 90% of damaged cranks. Currently our equipment allows for crankpin machining between 170-325 mm in diameter and 140-400 mm wide materials although for other measures, Nicol & Andrew would supply the necessary material.
If you need more information about this and others services, please contact us.
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DELATTE TIDE with IMO number 9421386 is the fourth vessel of TideWater in our slipways in Canary Islands. Tidewater created the “work boat” industry with its 1956 launch of the Ebb Tide, the world’s first offshore vessel tailor-made to support the offshore oil and gas industry.
Tidewater’s story begins in 1955, when a group of investors led by the Laborde family of New Orleans pioneered the development of the first offshore service vessel tailor-made to support the new and growing offshore oil and gas industry. A year later, as the vessel Ebb Tide prepared to sail for working in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Tidewater Marine Service, Inc. commenced operations. Its first leader was John P. Laborde.
Now, more than 55 years and many vessels later, Tidewater remains the leader of the industry it created, following the search for oil and gas into increasingly deeper waters globally and extending its proven record of service to installations closer to land. In the process, the company has earned a reputation for anticipating and responding to the changing worldwide needs of energy exploration and production.
Here the Scope of Works:
- HULL PREPARATIONS AND PAINTING: Cleaning, blasting & painting.
- SHIPS SIDE TYRES/ FENDERS
- ANCHOR CABLES
- CHAIN LOCKERS
- SEA INLETS
- SHIPS SIDE VALVES
- HULL ANODES
- HULL REPAIRS: Allowance
- TANKS: Fuel Tank Cleaning, Ballast Tank Cleaning, Fresh Water Tank Cleaning, Sewage Tank Cleaning, Lube Oil Tank Cleaning, Dry Bulk Tank Cleaning and Liquid Mud Tank Cleaning.
- MAIN PROPELLERS: Port Propeller and Starboard Propeller.
- THRUSTERS: Bow Thruster No1, No1 Thruster Engine, No 2 Thruster Engine
- DIESEL ENGINES: Port Main Engine, Starboard Main Engine, Generator Nº 01, Generator Nº 02, Generator Nº 03 and Harbour Generator.
- ALTERNATORS: Nº1 Diesel Driven Alternator, Nº2 Diesel Driven Alternator, Nº3 Diesel Driven Alternator and Harbour Generator Alternator.
- AUXILIARY MACHINERY: Allowance Fans, Fuel Oil Pump, and Methanol Pump.
- DECK MACHINERY: Allowance
- PIPEWORK: Allowance Fuel Oil Pipe and Exhaust conducts.
- ELECTRICAL: Allowance Main Switchboard, Emergency Switchboard and Galley Stove.
- BRIDGE EQUIPMENT: Allowance.
- SAFETY EQUIPMENT: Allowance.
- ACCOMMODATION: Allowance HVAC and Allowance Air Con. Unit
- STORES AND SUPPLIES: Allowance.
We hope hold this excellent customer for a lot of years. We share our visions about the future and our commitment with the environment and safely. We give thanks to Tidewater for its confidence in our services.
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The brand-new Collbaix Division, Naval Shield, has been created for the shielding of ships (command bridge, control rooms, engine rooms …) and oil platforms. Collbaix is characterized by its quality and innovation, going always one step ahead other makers and therefore being leaders in the sector. The I&D division is constantly working on the development of new materials and proceedings to reinforce the security of their systems.
With this agreement, Zamakona offers a new service in the shipbuilding and ship repair industry.
Collbaix is a Spanish company founded in 1972 – 40 years experience in the security sector -. They are manufacturers of high quality doors and security shutters and they are specialized in the protection and armoring of all kind of openings.
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Last August 16th, the vessel DE VRIES TIDE arrived to our shipyard in Las Palmas. This is the third vessel of Tidewater that we repair in our shipyard in Canary Islands.
Tidewater is the leading provider of larger Offshore Service Vessels to the global energy industry. With its large, new vessel fleet, a global footprint, leading safety performance, and over 50 years of experience providing marine support services, they’re serving customers who are operating in more remote, deeper and increasingly hostile environments in order to meet the world’s energy demands.
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We bought recently a governor test stand of the AK8 serie. This machine is from the brand Regulateurs Europa, and it´s the only that you can find in the middle atlantic ocean.
The AK8 is an electrically driven governor test stand for permanent installation. The purpose of the rig is to assist in adjunsting, servicing and testing the performance of hydraulic speed governors and hydraulic actuators. The test stand has been designed to simulate diesel engine operating conditions; the governor and test stand form a closed loop system.
For the sitting-up and testing of hydraulic actuators the test stand can also operate in open loop mode. In that instance the drive speed is set at, and controlled from, the stand itself.
The basis of the test stand is a sophisticated PLC. The PLC controls a Frequency Converter which in turn drives a 5.5 kW electric motor. The governor or actuator is direct driven by the electric motor.
When in closed loop mode, the test stand simulates a diesel engine. This involves that the “load” of the engine is simulated on by test stand. If the set speed of the governor is altered the governor output will change momentary to increase or decrease the amount of “fuel ” applied. This will cause the drive speed to change accordingly.
Also if the simulated load on the test stand is changed the output position of the governor will change to maintain the set speed.
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Last month the Tidewater Offshore Supply Vessel “Jonathan Rozier” with IMO number 9273454 was repaired in our shipyard in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria -Repnaval-.
The scope of works were:
- HULL PREPARATIONS AND PAINTING: Cleaning, blasting and painting.
- STANDAR WORKS AT: Anchor cables, chain lockers, sea inlets, ships side valves and hull anodes.
- TANKS: Cleaning fuel tanks, ballast tank, sewage tank , fresh water tank , liquid mud tank, bulk tank and other tanks.
- MAIN PROPELLERS: Port propeller and starboard propeller.
- THRUSTERS: Drop Down Thruster.
- DIESEL ENGINES AND ALTERNATORS: Port main engine, stbd. main engine, port generator, stbd. generator, harbour generator and listed engine.
- AUXILIARY MACHINERY: Reach Rods, fridge compressors, cargo fuel pump, sewage plant and butterfly valves.
- ELECTRICAL: Aft Search Light and Main Switchboard.
- BRIDGE EQUIPMENT: Radar, Magnetic Compass, Bridge Furniture.
- SAFETY EQUIPMENT.:Fire Pump, Engine Room Alarms,Rescue Boat Davit.
- ACCOMMODATION: Crew Cabins and Galley.
- STORES AND SUPPLIES: Spares and Consumables.
We Thanks Tidewater for placing their trust in Zamakona.
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History of Las Palmas Port
Since ancient times the Bay of La Isleta, on the north-east coast of Gran Canaria, had been used by Phoenician and Roman ships as a safe anchorage; but it was not until 1478, the foundation year of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, that regular port activities were to be seen in this harbour.
As soon as Spain extended its rule over the Canary Islands, Las Palmas became the main support base for maritime expeditions across the oceans. The famous navigator, Christopher Columbus, used the islands as a base for shiprepairs and as his last stop in Europe before sailing to the New World. (more…)
Category: Ship Repair & Refit
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