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Zamakona Yards delivers tuna freezer vessel “Jai Alai” to the Echebastar Group
- Mar 06, 2015
- By Administrador Zamakona
- In Ship Building, Zamakona Yards
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This Saturday the 7th, Zamakona Shipyards in Santurce that belong to the group Zamakona Yards, will deliver its construction number 737, the tuna freezer vessel “Jai Alai” to bermeo Group Echebastar.
At the ceremony will be present Mr. Kepa Echevarría (Deputy Director of the Echebastar Group), and Mr. Pedro Garaygordobil (Zamakona Yards´ President) to preside over the ceremony and act as godmother Mrs. María Felicidad Madariaga Arenaza, member of the owning company of the tuna vessel. More than two hundred fifty people will attend the ceremony among which representatives of the Basque Government and Central Government of Seychelles, Port of Bilbao, Zamakona Shipyards staff, suppliers and customers of the group, as well as partners and staff of the ship-owner company.
The ship with the most modern and sophisticated technology has superstructure and aluminum bridge, tunnels of ultra tuna freezing at -60 degrees calcium and safe areas with anti piracy means. Also, it brings the innovation with a sustainable fishing, returning to the sea the non-target fish alive with little human presence. The ship is the brother of “Izaro” and will join it in fishing works in the Indian Ocean.
We would like to take the opportunity to thank the Echebastar Group for their confidence in our group for the renewal of its fleet.
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Delivery and Reopening of the Caravel La Niña III
- Jan 16, 2015
- By Administrador Zamakona
- In Ship Repair & Refit, Zamakona Yards
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This morning in the city of Las Palmas, was held the delivery ceremony and reopening of the Caravel La Niña III, faithful replica of the ship of Columbus, the Caravel “La Niña III“.
Las Palmas is part of the network of Columbian cities of Spain, it is a symbol of the discovery of America, the pass of Christopher Columbus over the island of Gran Canaria and benchmark their contribution to the expansion of the Canary Islands, for its strategic location as a bridge between America, Europe and Africa.
This replica of the Caravel “La Niña” was built in 1992 for the V centenary of the discovery of America. Zamakona Yards has led the restoration project of the same in cooperation with ground forces in a unique example of public-private initiative and corporate social responsibility.
In the picture, we can see our CEO in Canarias, Mr. Alvaro Garaygordóbil, greeting the Hon. Mayor of Las Palmas, Mr. Juanjo Cardona, in the presence of the President of the Gran Canaria lobby, Mr. Jose Miguel Bravo de Laguna and Mr. Eugenio Lopez Polo, chief Colonel of the Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment No. 94.
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Zamakona Yards delivers a second tuna freezer vessel to the Jadran Group
- Oct 21, 2014
- By Administrador Zamakona
- In Ship Building, Zamakona Yards
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On the last Saturday, October 18th we celebrated in Getxo (Bizkaia) the delivery of the tuna freezer vessel LJUBICA, our latest construction to the owner group Jadran based in Ecuador and Panamá.
The event was attended by over 200 people, including authorities and guests, acting as Godmother Matea Peric, a 7 year old girl. The ceremony was also attended by Jardan Group´s President, Mr. Diego Miletic and Mr. Pedro Garaygordobil, President of Zamakona Yards Group, as can be seen in the picture below these lines.
The LJUBICA is a tuna freezer vessel of 89 meters length and 14 meters beam with tanks for fish load of 2.000 cubic meters and accommodation for 35 people. The vessel has the highest, modern and sophisticated technology in order to meet our customer´s needs and expectations.
From Zamakona Yards we are very proud of the new building and very grateful to the company Jadran for the confidence in our group!

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