• The ship Ocean Osprey is ready to serve in Norway

    The ship (FSV) Ocean Osprey arrived to Scotland last week to soon begin operating in the Gannet offshore oilfields. This vessel will support the works for the Norwegian company Shell UK / Dana Petroleum.

     

    This ship was launched successfully on the 31st of January at our facility in Pasajes (San Sebastián). The Ocean Osprey is the first ordered ship by the Norwegian shipping company Atlantic Offshore AS built by Zamakona Yards. It is expected that by the end of June 2014 their second vessel (Ocean Marlin) will be ready. It is a Havyard HY820 design.

     

    We thank Atlantic Offshore for putting their confidence in us.

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  • Marina Läroverket visit our shipyard in the Canary Islands

    The 6th of March Marina Läroverket from Sweden paid us a visit with two groups of 15 people each. The students on board the sailing ship Älva study for two years to become captains.

     

    Their visit had a special focus on environmental questions. One day, when these captains are sailing their own ships, we hope they remember us and we will gladly provide them technical assistance.

     

    Thanks guys.

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  • International Women’s Day (March 8th) – Interview with Davinia

    “Revenge is a pleasure that lasts only one day; generosity is a feeling that can make you happy forever” – Rosa Luxemburg

     

    Name: Davinia Molina Rodríguez – Age: 27 years – Job Training: Master in Supervision and Management of ship machines and installations; office certificates, electronics for MTU engines, equipment ” VISATRON ” ; industrial cooling systems, fire fighting systems , rescue and health , prevention of occupational hazards; others. – Years in Zamakona: 7 years.

     

    ¿What is the International Women’s Day?

    International Women’s Day (March 8th) is celebrated each year in many countries around the world. It is a day when women are recognized for their achievements without regard to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political. It is an occasion for looking back on past struggles and accomplishments, and more importantly, for looking ahead to the untapped potential and opportunities that await future generations of women.

     

    In 1975, during International Women’s Year, the United Nations began celebrating International Women’s Day on 8 March. Two years later, in December 1977, the General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming a United Nations Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace to be observed on any day of the year by Member States, in accordance with their historical and national traditions. In adopting its resolution, the General Assembly recognized the role of women in peace efforts and development and urged an end to discrimination and an increase of support for women’s full and equal participation.

     

    International Women’s Day first emerged from the activities of labour movements at the turn of the twentieth century in North America and across Europe.

     

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  • Launching of the vessel Ocean Marlin in Pasajes

    The past 31st of January, the Zamakona Yards successfully launched the vessel “Ocean Marilin” in its installations in Pasajes in Northern Spain.

     

    The vessel is the second which Zamakona Yards has launched of the three vessels contracted with the Norwegian shipping company, Atlantic Offshore A.S. The principal mission of the vessel will be to provide immediate attention in emergency situations to Offshore Oil Rigs and Installations. Being especially adapted to the severe climatic conditions of the North Sea, it will commence operations for the Oil Company TOTAL in the second semester of 2014.

     

    The vessel, built in Pasajes, is a Field Support Vessel (FSV) of Havyard HY820 Design. With a price of nearly 25 million Euros, the vessel incorporates the latest technologies including: dynamic positioning, fire control systems, machinery, towing pins on deck, stern roller, etc.

     

    With a length of 66.8 meters, a breadth of 16 meters and two MAN motors with a capacity of 2500 KW each, the vessel has the capacity to rescue 300 persons.

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  • Zamakona Yards signed an agency agreement with Dolven Maritime Agency (DMA)

    Last week, Zamakona Yards (Canary Islands Division) and Dolven Maritime Agency signed a commercial agreement to promote the interests and goodwill of our company for work of repair and conversion of ships, offshore projects and fabrications of heavy structure.

     

    This agreement is non exclusive entrusted agent and it´s to represent our services in Norway for two years (extended automatically year by year).

     

    Mr Aage H. Dolven (Managing Director) declared “We are pleased to represent Zamakona Yards and since today I´m full time on this project, and busy calling and on E-mail every day”. Zamakona Yards expects to improve deeply our presence in Norway and Scandinavian markets with this new agency.

     

    Dolven Maritime Agency (DMA) is a Norwegian company who mainly is engaged in selling maintenance services to the merchant fleets in Scandinavia.

     

    DMA was started in 1997, and has been in the markets since then in various tasks like conversions, repairs and docking on world wide basis, other tasks has been inspections and follow up of sale and buying of vessels, as well as changing of flag, ownership, class etc.

     

    Contact Details:

    Dolven Maritime Agency – Aage H. Dolven

    Phone : +47 9001 8484

    Web: www.dmashipservice.no 

    E-mail: aage@dmashipservice.no

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  • Zamakona Yards delivers the Ro-Ro ramp to the Tenerife Container Terminal (TCT)

    This past Wednesday, 15 January, Zamakona Yards carried out the load testing and delivery of the movable ramp for the Roll on-Roll off dock built for the Container Terminal of Tenerife (OHL Group). This innovative elevating structure is the only of its kind in the Canary Islands, permitting a more versatile use of the pier since it will only be employed when vessels with rolling stock arrive (Ro-Ro), permitting the use of the dock for conventional vessels at other times.

     

    It consist of an elevating ramp, 25 meters wide by 20 meters long, for vessels docking at this point in Tenerife. The ramp, which weighs 170 tons is designed to support rolling cargos of 54 tons and static cargos of 30 tons.

     

    The ramp is equipped with an ultimate generation electrical system which permits it to be raised to a vertical position when not being used, leaving the dock free to accommodate conventional vessels. In the raised position, noine of the components protrude more than two meters from the edge.

     

    When inclined it will descend to an angle from the dock from 5,20 meters to 2,90 meters above the equinoctial low tide.

     

    This elevating Ro-Ro Ramp is the first of this type by the Basque-Canarian Group and the 11th of the total ramps built, having fabricated in the last 22 years conventional ramps for different public administrations including; The Port Authority of Las Palmas, The Port Authority of Bilbao, The Port Authority of Pasajes, Naviera Armas and in this last cas, The OHL Group of Tenerife.

     

    With this last construction, Zamakona Yards moves to the Forefront of Spanish shipyards in the construction and installation of Ro-Ro ramps in the Canary Islands and The Iberian Peninsula as well as to the vanguard worldwide in the design and construction of this type of structure.

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  • Zamakona Yards delivered the Tuna-Freezer vessel Ízaro to the Echebastar Group

    The Echebaster Group received its new Tuna-Freezer vessel last Saturday at 12:00 from the hands of Zamakona Yards after its inauguration at the Maritime Cruise Station at Getxo, Port of Bilbao.

     

    This new Tuna vessel has a length of almost 90 meters and a capacity of 1900 m3 of fish in its 20 freezers with accommodation for 42 crew aboard and a top speed of 18.2 knots. This Saturday, the inauguration of the first of a series of three Tuna-Freezer vessels of similar characteristics that Zamakona Yards will deliver to the Bermean company by next year.

     

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  • Zamakona Yards signed an agency agreement with Atra Holland B.V.

    Last week, Zamakona Yards (Canary Islands Division) and Atra Holland B.V. signed a commercial agreement to promote the interests and goodwill of our company for work of repair and conversion of ships, offshore projects and fabrications of heavy structure.

     

    This agreement is non exclusive entrusted agent and it´s to represent our services in The Netherlands for two years (extended automatically year by year).

     

    Ms Aida J. Barnhoorn (Managing Director) declared “we are pleased to represent Zamakona Yards and look forward to a fruitful cooperation!”. Zamakona Yards expects to improve deeply our presence in The Netherlands with this new agency.

     

    Atra Holland B.V. was established in 1979. At that time the company exported ship-equipment to Poland for the many newbuildings in the 3 huge newbuilding yards.

     

    Atra Holland B.V. changed the activities after break-down of the Wall in 1989 and started to represent shiprepairyards for the Netherlands, the first ones were Polish repairyards. By the time more repairyards could be added to agency- portfolio; most of them came to us by means of promotional words of shipowners.

     

    Contact details:

    P.O. Box 1127 – 1270 BC Huizen – The Netherlands

    Phone: +31(0)35-6952722 – Mob: +31(0)6-54281682

    Web: www.shiprepairyards.com 

    Email: atraholland@atraholland.nl

     

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  • Visita del Alcalde de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria a Zamakona Yards

    En la mañana de hoy viernes 29 de noviembre a las 8:30, el Excmo. Sr. Alcalde de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, D. Juan José Cardona realizó una visita a las instalaciones de Zamakona Yards en el Puerto de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Estuvo acompañado por la Concejala de distrito Puerto Dña. Carolina León y el Jefe Área Infraestructuras e Ingeniería de la Autoridad Portuaria, D. Salvador Capella.

     

    Durante la visita se mantuvo una reunión de trabajo con el CEO del Grupo Zamakona Yards en Canarias D. Alvaro Garaygordóbil, con el Director General D. Borja Garaygordóbil y el Director de Marketing D. Leandro Aguirreche.

     

    Durante la reunión el Sr. Alcalde tuvo la oportunidad de conocer de primera mano la actividad de reparaciones navales que desarrolla nuestro grupo en Gran Canaria desde 1972, mostrándose muy interesado en los proyectos actuales que Zamakona Yards está realizando.

     

    Ahora mismo, Zamakona Yards está trabajando en la ampliación del carro Nº 4 y la futura construcción de un Taller especializado en la reparación de hélices azimutales en la parcela recientemente concedida por el consejo de la Autoridad Portuaria en el muelle Reina Sofía.

     

    El Sr. Cardona destacó la importancia de nuestro sector en la economía canaria y expresó la absoluta disposición del Ayuntamiento que preside a colaborar en la promoción de nuestro puerto como una de las ejes claves del plan de internacionalización de la ciudad que está liderando.

     

    Desde aquí queremos agradecer su visita y congratularnos por la gran sintonía demostrada con los retos de futuro del sector de las reparaciones navales, del Puerto de Las Palmas, y por ende de nuestra ciudad.

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  • Modernization and improvement at Zamakona Yards Canary Islands

    As part of our program to improve our services for OUR CUSTOMERS, we are proud to inform you that work has commenced at ours shipyard at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Repnaval (Zamakona Yards), increasing the capacity and tonnage or our slipways.

     

    Specifically, we are preparing our slipway Nº 4 to receive vessels of 120 meters length and 20 meters breadth with lightweight tonnages of 5500 Tons for flat bottomed vessels and 4500 Tons for keeled vessels. The work is expected to be completed in January of 2014.

     

    You can see an infographic showing the details of the Project. We are confident that with this investment Repnaval will continue to be the shipyard of reference in the port of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, expanding our capacity to offer quality services for the maintenance and repair of your vessels and those of other ship owners and operators.

     

     
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