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During the last two months the Mauritanian patrol vessel Arguin has been docked at Zamakona Yards as well as alongside the Armamento wharf in the Port of Las Palmas. We had the honor of completing various jobs on this peculiar vessel belonging to the Mauritanian State.
We did the following jobs: docking, hull cleaning, blasting, painting, change of anodes, clean grills, service thimbles, clean/replace valves, calibrate anchors and chains, steel works, supplies, carpentry, main engine works, auxiliary engines works, electrical works, change circulating pumps, fecal water pump and coolers repair, supply and install a new radar system.
We wish Arguin and her crew all the best and hope to see this vessel or any other from the same owner with usin the near future.
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The Spanish Association of Naval and Oceanic Engineers just named ESVAGT AURORA as Best Spanish Built Ship in 2012. The owner is Esvagt AS, company belonging to the Danish multinational A.P. Møller-Mærsk.
The main mission of the vessel is to remain to stand by to give immediate assistance in emergency situations and to provide support for routine operations. The vessel is specially adapted to the harsh climatic conditions in the BARENTS SEA.
The vessel integrates the lastest technological developments for launching and recovery of rescue boats, de-icing equipment to avoid ice accretion on the decks as well as pollution control gear, fulfilling the highest standards required by the Norwegian Authorities for this kind of vessels.
The vessel is 87 m long, 17 m wide and has 9.240 kW of diesel-electric power. It is easily recognizable to it’s X-bow. The vessel can perform high sea towage tasks, and she is fitted with a duplex dynamic positioning system, which allows her to keep the position even in very adverse climate conditions with hurricane force winds and rough sea. This feature gives her the capacity to operate ROVs in difficult conditions in deep seas.
Thanks to all the staff of Zamakona Yards for their effort in this project and the audience of the website that gave us their votes.
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Last week, we had the pleasure of having a delegation from the Sección Regional Canarias-África de la ICHCA visiting our facilities in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. The delegation was composed by:
- President of Sección Regional Canarias África de la ICHCA: Mr. CheikKanté (President of the Dakar Port).
- Vice President of the Sección Regional Canarias África de la ICHCA: Mr. MENSAH Abraham (Director of Human Resources of the Port authorities of Ghana)
- Secretary General of the Sección Regional Canarias África de la ICHCA: Mr. Sergio Galván (Managing director of Fundación Puertos de Las Palmas)
- Vice-Secretariy General of the Sección Regional Canarias África de la ICHCA: Mr. HOUNSOUNOU Luc (Representative of the Fundación Puertos de Las Palmas in Benin)
- Deputy Relations Manager with Africa FPLP.- Ana Perez Peñalvo
- Mrs. Angele BIAOU- Director for External Affairs and International Relations and cooperating with the autonomous port of Cotonu.
- Mr. Eduardo Evora Lima .- Director for External Affairs and International Relations and cooperating with the ENAPORT (Cabo Verde).
- Mr. El FILALI .- Director for External Affairs and International Relations and cooperating with the National Agency of Ports in Morocco.
- Mr. Momar N Gary BA .- Sales Director of the Autonomous port of Dakar
- Mr Mama Lamaré .-Responsible of International projects to the Shippers ´Council of Cameroon.
- Mr Ali Traore.- Managing Director of the Shippers’ Council of Burkina Faso.
- Mr Mohamed ElhasseneOuld Mohamed Saad.- Managing Director the Autonomous Port of Nouakchott
- Mr Taleb Ahmed OuldTaghy.- Technical Advisor to the Deputy Director of the Autonomous Port of Nouakchott
The visit formed part of the conference day sheld in Las Palmas for this executive committee. The members of the delegation were pleasantly surprised with our facilities and with the background and experience of our companies working with the African continent, where we often send technicians to undertake repairs of vessels operating in the area.
We want to thank you for your visit and we are positive that it will contribute to closer ties between Zamakona Yards and the countries represented by the executive committee.
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On the occasion of the Day of Seafarer, in all honesty, I must admit that my desire and willingness to be a sailor is attached to my early years. These are years I remember with great joy. The arrival of some of the sailors returning from campaigns for over a year is celebrated with euphoria. Parties were organized at one of the bars in the village where I was born, where three musicians hired , Vermouth and wine ran on behalf of the home comers.
The first time I went to these parties I was about 13 years and decided without doubt to become a marine, to fulfill the dream of living those adventures and visit all the countries, see the geishas, learn about other cultures and make money. It was in the early sixties and Spain had economic dificulties.
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Atlantic Offshore has ordered a new vessel valued EUR 25 million from the Spanish shipyard Zamakona Yards in Bilbao. The ship is the ninth newbuilding and Atlantic Offshore expects that there will be more new vessel in the fleet over the next few years.
This is the third time the Bilbao based shipyard constructs vessels for Atlantic Offshore. The contract is part of a modernisation program. Atlantic Offshore has recently signed agreements for a total of nine new vessels, four of which are already delivered. The fleet consists of a total of 24 ships, of which 19 are company-owned, and five are on management.
The vessel under construction in Pasajes is a Field Support Vessel (FSV) with Havyard Design HY820, which will operate for Shell UK over a period of five years, and the corresponding option. The ship will be completed and in operation in the second quarter of 2015. Overall, Atlantic Offshore has invested 2.2 billion in fleet renewal, and the newbuildings from Zamakona Yards involves approx 40% contract participation of Norwegian subcontractors.
Oil Producers places great emphasis on modern ships that meet the most stringent requirements and regulations. Additionally, the new ships contain features beyond the emergency response they perform, such as towing, loading and storage capacity, says CEO Roy Wareberg Atlantic Offshore.
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Last Saturday in the Salobre Golf, the tenth edition of the Port of Las Palmas Golf Tournament was held.
Zamakona Yards once again participated in the sponsorship of this prestigious tournament which this year attracted more than 90 participants. Our Marketing and Sales director, Leandro Aguirreche, was responsible for handing over the first price for 1st Place Scratch to Agustin Martin, who scored a total of 33 points.
Our customer and friend Jong-Jin Park was 2nd Ranked in the 2nd Category with 39 points.
Our most sincere congratulations to the winners and all participants.
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As marine resource development is moving further offshore and into deep sea regions, there is an increasing demand for multi-purpose offshore support vessels, capable of not only transporting cargo to and from offshore floating facilities, but also covering mooring, installation, and fire fighting operations in a wide variety of offshore environments.
All these matters require new generation offshore support vessels, generally more technically-advanced and with special features. OSV vessels are playing a vital role in different fields, including maintaining and supplying offshore oil and gas operations.
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On Sunday the 19th of May, Zamakona Yards participated in the XIV Edition of the Half and Quarter Marathon in the Port of Las Palmas. Our 34 runners from the yard made it to the finish line after having completed the 10,5 or 21 km. 2 persons even made to the podium on third place. One in the category of “promises” and the other person in the category of “veterans”. With a celebration party at the facilities of Zamakona Yards.
Congratulations to all participants!
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The 40 x 8 metres Grand Cayman flagged sailing yacht arrived to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria with a blown main engine. Zamakona Yards dismounted and diagnosed the engine. The owner decided to buy a new engine by a different brand and bring it by air. When it arrived, we demounted it to fit it into the engine room of the yacht. The most laborious jobs were the modifications of the bed frame, engine legs, pipes for the new engine, as well as to fabricate a frame for the new heat exchanger and the installment of a new water pump and piping. When everything was in place, we aligned the engine and the yacht returned to its home port, Palma de Mallorca.
Good trip.
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Zamakona Yards organized a lecture-conference meeting focused on the offshore Oil & Gas Market in West Africa in cooperation with the Naval Repairers Association (RNA) on Monday the 6th of May.
Our Group is aware of the strategic importance of this booming industry has to the port of Las Palmas and the great challenges ship repair industry will face in the coming years. The goal is for the Port of La Luz and Las Palmas to achieve a leading position serving this emerging market.
The presentation was given by Mr. Adolfo Marrodán, Naval Mechanical Engineer with an MBA in Shipping and Ports, who has extensive industry experience and has spent most of his professional work in West Africa.
The event was held in the auditorium of the Port Authority, with the presence of Mr. Luis Ibarra (President of the Port Authority of Las Palmas) and Mr. Borja Garaygordóbil (Deputy Director of Zamakona Yards in the Canary Islands).
The conference was attended by over 70 people from major ship repair companies within the sector in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.
The program addressed various topics such as: – The history of offshore business – Sector requirements to work as providers of products and services. – General current situation overview of the oil sector today (Upstream, midstream and downstream) and future prospects globally and in Africa. – Main players in the niche offshore upstream sector. – Offshore sector impact on the maritime economy and on upstream. – Analysis of companies involved in the sector – Legal and regulatory aspects.
To finish, we wish to express our gratitude to all participants for their attendance and to Mr. Adolfo Marrodán and Mr. Luis Ibarra for supporting this initiative.
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