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Astican is not just a steel, blasting and paint- ing yard, but a yard capable and used to han- dling the most complex and challenging proj- ects. Prime examples of these include several heavy offshore projects carried out in recent years, as well as ship owners looking to im- prove environment protective measures on their ships. It recently ? nished a project cover- ing manufacturing and installations of a spill recovery system equipment on a tanker which consisted of two new cranes, a complete hy- draulic system including an electric power pack, FO heating system renewal and HFO recovery equipment: two boom reels, a skim- mer, two barriers, a dispersant tank and two dispersant arms with sprinklers and pumps on a Spanish owner´s ship.

Last (but certainly not least), the passenger and cruise vessels market remains top prior- ity to Astander and Astican, as it has a list of repeat customers. This year, companies like

Cruise Management International, Silversea

Cruises, Fred Olsen Express, Naviera Armas or Britanny Ferries have brought part of their ? eet in for service.

French Passenger/RoRo ferries were ser- viced during 2015 and 2016, with the main scope of working being the installation of scrubbers to reduce SOx emissions to Euro- pean standards.

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