Vigo City Government supports Navalia
The Government Cabinet confirmed its support for Navalia and the marine industry by confirming that it will have its own 35 m² stand at the fair.
Dragados will construct the world’s largest oil drill ship
Dragados Offshore has been awarded a 220 million euro contract –the largest in the company’s history- which will provide jobs to roughly one thousand people at the shipbuilding site located in Puerto Real (Cádiz) until the end of 2009....
The Spanish order book grew by almost 40% up until March
At the end of the first quarter of 2007 the order book of Spanish small and medium-sized shipbuilders stood at 129 orders for vessels, totalling 783.272 CGT, data which makes it possible to forecast a continued growth in activity in the...
Navalia is continuing with its advertising plan
The Fair organisers will visit the Ship Repair and Conversion Fair 2007 in London, Europort Maritime in Rotterdam and Marintec in Shangai
The Xunta will increase its aid to the naval industry by 800,000 euros
The Regional Ministry for Innovation and Industry will sign a collaboration agreement with Pymar (Small and Medium-sized Shipbuilders undergoing Restructuring)
Vigo becomes one of the ten Spanish ports with the highest number of visits by cruise liners.
This month, 24 passenger ships with more than 40,000 holidaymakers and 15,000 crew visited the city.
China, world leader in ship orders
China is now the greatest world ship manufacturer per number of orders, taking over from South Korea according to figures for the first half of the year 2007, in which its orders increased by 165%, as quoted in the Chinese press.
The shipping company Navigasa is to order two more cargo ships from the Armón shipyard in Vigo
The shipping company Navigasa is to order two more multi-use cargo ships from the Armón shipyard in Vigo, to be ready in 2010 and which will be similar to the “Manuela E”, handed over yesterday during an act attended by some 150...