Page 51: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (September 2015)

Did you know?

Spain Facts

The red and yellow colors are related to those of the oldest

Spanish kingdoms: Aragon, Castile, Leon, and Navarre.

Population: 48,146,134 (July 2015 est./29th in the World)

Coastline: 4,964 km over the years that production in national ? shing grounds

Waterways: 1,000 km was insuf? cient and ? sheries have therefore been devel- oped beyond Spain’s territorial waters and in more dis-

Maritime Claims tant parts.

Territorial sea: 12 nm

Contiguous zone: 24 nm

Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Ship Building (applies only to the Atlantic Ocean)

Even as commercial shipbuilding is now ? rmly domi- nated by Asia, the Spanish shipbuilding sector is a leader

Area: in design and construction (see the August 2015 cover

Total: 505,370 sq km story of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News on As-

Land: 498,980 sq km tican & Astander shipyards). The industry has invested

Water: 6,390 sq km €260 million in R&D activities, which represents 10%

Note: there are two autonomous cities - of its total annual revenue. There are 24 new construc-

Ceuta and Melilla - and 17 autonomous tion facilities and 11 repair and transformation facilities communities including Balearic Islands in Spain, which directly employ nearly 8,000 people. In- and Canary Islands, and three small direct jobs generated by the sector employ in excess of

Spanish possessions off the coast of 38,000 persons, meaning, there are ? ve people working

Morocco - Islas Chafarinas, Penon de for every one person employed by a shipyard. The repair

Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la shipyards have attracted new cruise, passenger, ferry and

Gomera gas shipping clients, while maintaining their traditional specialization in large ? shing, oceanographic, research

Merchant Marine and military vessels. In 2010, sales in this subsector

Total: 132 stood at €250 million.

By type: bulk carrier 7, cargo 19, chemi-

Earlier in 2003, Spanish shipbuilding held the fourth cal tanker 8, container 5, lique? ed gas position in the EU in terms of new builds completed. 12, passenger/cargo 43, petroleum

Spanish shipyards specialize in large ? shing and factory tanker 18, refrigerated cargo 4, roll on/ vessels and research vessels, delivering advanced and roll off 9, vehicle carrier 7 specialized ships with a high value added components,

Foreign-owned: 27 (Canada 4, Germa- as well as some of the most accomplished ship repair and ny 4, Italy 1, Mexico 1, Norway 10, Rus- conversion facilities in the world.

sia 6, Switzerland 1)

Potential for Development

Registered in other countries: 103 (An-

The mild climate during the whole year and the exten- gola 1, Argentina 3, Bahamas 6, Brazil sive sandy beaches of the Mediterranean and Atlantic 12, Cabo Verde 1, Cyprus 6, Ireland 1,

Ocean, as well as of its two archipelagoes (the Balearic

Malta 8, Morocco 9, Panama 30, Peru

Islands and the Canary Islands respectively), have been 1, Portugal 18, Uruguay 5, Venezuela 1, attracting tourists from Northern Europe for decades. unknown 1) (2010)

Plans are underway to invest heavily in this sector in or- der to take advantage of the tourist boom which saw 60.6

Ports & Terminals million tourists from overseas in 2013.

Major seaport(s): Algeciras, Barcelona,

As a result of its large coast line another sector that is

Bilbao, Cartagena, Huelva, Tarragona, fast catching up is wind energy production. Spain is the

Valencia (all in Spain); Las Palmas, world’s second largest producer of wind power (11,600

Santa Cruz de Tenerife (in the Canary

MW), 5.5 % of the Spanish electricity consumption in

Islands) 2004 came from wind energy. For example, in Tarifa (Andalusia) over 5,000 wind turbines have been installed

Container port(s) (TEUs): Algeciras within 10 km of the coastline. The Spanish government (3,608,301), Barcelona (2,033,747), has recently adopted measures to speed up and promote

Valencia (4,327,371); Las Palmas the installation of offshore wind farms, to harness the po- (1,287,389) tential Spanish coast offers.

Yachting marinas too have proliferated along the Span-

LNG terminal(s) (import): Barcelona, ish coast. The growing demand for berths and moorings

Bilbao, Cartagena, Huelva, Mugardos,

Sagunto has led to a major increase in the number of marinas along several parts of the coastline. Spain’s marinas boast

Source: The World Factbook a high occupancy rate (more than 80%) and they make a 2013-14. Washington, DC: signi? cant contribution to the economies of coastal com-

Central Intelligence Agency, 2013 munities, providing 3,124 direct jobs and 23,409 indirect ones.

www.marinelink.com 51

MR #9 (50-57).indd 51 MR #9 (50-57).indd 51 9/8/2015 9:21:04 AM9/8/2015 9:21:04 AM