• Zamakona Yards signs agency agreement with The Stewart Group, owned by RS Platou&Clarksons

    Zamakona Yards will henceforth be represented by this important agent that provides services to major ship-owners and offshore clients worldwide.

     

    The Stewart Group will offer its major customers Zamakona Yards repair and maintenance services both afloat and in our shipyards.

     

    The Stewart Group was founded in 1922 by Samuel Stewart. In 2008 it was purchased by the Platou Group and has together became a global leader in the procurement of vessel services for the offshore energy industry. Subsequently the Platou/Stewarts group has been purchased by Clarksons in 2015, which in turn has created the largest network of shipbrokers in the world. They operate globally with major offices in Aberdeen, London, Accra, Cape Town, Singapore and Houston.

     

    With this agreement Zamakona Yards expands its already extensive network of agents being represented almost everywhere in the world.

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  • Presentation ceremony of the agreement between Zamakona and the Finnish GS-Hydro

    Yesterday, January 29th at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of Zona Franca in the Las Palmas Port took place the presentation ceremony of the Finnish multinational leader in water services GS-Hydro, new partner of Zamakona Yards in Canarias.

     

    The event, attended by leading companies from both Las Palmas Port and Canarias ´industry, attended by the President of the Port Authority of Las Palmas, Mr. Luis Ibarra, Zamakona Yards´ CEO in the Canary Islands, Mr. Álvaro Garaygordobil, Mr. Jukka Suotsalo, Vice President of Business Development at the GS-Hydro Corporation, Mr. Borja Garaygordobil, General Director of Zamakona Yards in Canarias and Mr. Pablo Moya, General Director of GS-Hydro SAU who was in charge of the presentation of the services that GS-Hydro will offer now in Canarias.

     

    This event follows the agreement signed last December in Zamakona´s offices in Las Palmas, has an initial term of two years and will involve the inclusion of hydraulic services in the already extensive range of services offered by the Group Zamakona Yards in the Canary islands.

     

    GS-Hydro is a Finnish multinational with over 40 years of history, inventor of bonding systems seamless pipe and hydraulic industry leader in high performance. GS-Hydro is present in over 25 countries worldwide and has a subsidiary in Spain since 1993, with facilities in Madrid and Bilbao and responsible for all operations in Spain, Portugal and France, also serving as support for growth in Latin American countries like Brazil, Chile or Peru.

     

    GS-Hydro has extensive references in the marine sector in terrestrial applications and also in the oil sector and is established in the Canary Islands, through a strategic alliance with Zamakona Yards, and add value to work together, offering all kinds of hydraulic products and services with all the guarantees of quality of the GS-Hydro brand.

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  • Two year contract signed with Otech Marine Services

    Repnaval shipyards. SA, belonging to Zamakona Yards group, recently signed an exclusive agreement with Norwegian company Otech Marine Services, an expert in underwater work to provide service support divers in the dry docking of vessels.

     

    This agreement, with a duration of two years renewable, will assist specialized divers of the company that operates with the highest standards of safety and quality in work, also having the most modern and advanced equipment that exists in the market, not surprisingly, the company Otech, has over 20 years providing their expertise in the demanding world of oil rigs services. With the implementation of this service Zamakona Yards´customers can be assured of being served by the best professionals and also get a full report of the operation and status of their vessels at the time of stranding.

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