Metalships invests 30m in enlarging the shipyard and its third floating dock.
The Rodman Group acquires 100% of Varaderos Pérez Méndez, providing it with an additional 15,000 metres.
The EU labels Vigo's naval industry as a technological reference point.
The seventh Framework Programme will finance two plans covering noise and vibrations that will include local shipyards. Oceanographic vessels made in the harbour have become an example of the cutting edge in this community sector.
Auxiliary companies from the naval industry begin a mission to explore the Russian market
Asime, Galicia's metal industries association, this week began a trade mission to Russia, where its members will meet with entrepreneurs and representatives from business organisations and institutions. The mission will visit the cities...
In the summer Barreras will begin enlargement of its slipways for vessels up to 250 metres
The company will take advantage of reduced activity due to a fall in orders to adapt its facilities to larger ships.
No more shipyards in Vigo harbour will be left by the wayside, and I include Marin
INTERVIEW: Mr. José Francisco González Viñas - President of the Spanish Ship Builders' Association (Unión Española de Constructores Navales). After the annus horribilis of last year, which saw shipyards sign just five contracts in...
An "ecological" boat with the Vigo stamp
The Astilleros Lagos shipyard is constructing a small, 5.5-metre long, low-consumption wooden craft whose design has been published in the prestigious North American magazine WoodenBoat. Astilleros Lagos, founded in 1915, is devoted to...
Great Britain commissions an 85m oceanographic vessel from Freire
The National Environment Research Council (NERC) will substitute the current "RSS Discovery" with this ship. The scientific vessel will be the largest ever made in the harbour, at 98m in length and capable of carrying 52 researchers.
A Vigo company has managed to improve longliner vessel energy efficiency by 25%
The firm works in vessel design improvement and uses I.T. simulation tools. VICUS Desarrollos Tecnológicos (VICUSdt) states that it has achieved positive results in a project it is participating, to find energy savings in surface...