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SHIPBUILDING

Astican & Astander

Pair of privately owned Spanish yards continue to invest in facilities and equipment stander and Astican are the cant projects completed at Astander, ac- out simultaneously, including accommo- draft) including logistics and technical two busiest privately owned cording to Germán C. Suárez, CEO As- dation upgrades, overhauling of all main services assistance building in a new shipyards in Spain carrying tander & Astican Shipyards, including: and auxiliary engines and other ‘usual’ exclusively leased land extension ac-

Aout heavy repairs and spe- • French Passenger/RoRo ferries were work. counting for 10,000 sq. m. Moreover, it cial conversion projects with a boutique serviced during 2015 and 2016, with the • Another ‘special’ project for this also has a 6,000 sq. m. Free Trade Zone style attitude towards customers. As part main scope of working being the instal- current year was the renewal of one pro- land extension for assistance in terms of of Lavinia Group, which runs a ? eet of lation of scrubbers to reduce SOx emis- pulsion electric motor and two econo- logistics and customs arrangements to more than 70 vessels, the shipyard un- sions to European standards. In total it mizers on a 36,876 dwt chemical tanker. key OEMs for ship owners. The com- derstand the owner´s needs. was ? ve projects on ? ve different ves- The solution minimized the completion pany has in Port of Las Palmas more

Astander, in the port of Santander, has sels and included two different scrubber time and reduced signi? cantly the idle than 180,000 sq. m. of shipyard facilities more than 140 years’ presence in the in- types, a project which involved complex time of the vessel compared with other besides a joint of? ce with Rolls Royce ternational market and has continually engineering tailor-made for each vessel shipyards. Marine in Port of Tenerife, which is al- modernized and updatd its facilities. to make everything ? t in the tight avail- The Astican Shipyard in Las Palmas ready opened. Dredgers, tankers, sup-

The latest investment program at As- able spaces. Pipes had to be rerouted and carries out the most specialized and ply ships, ferries, cruises, ? shing ves- tander includes civil construction works additional pipe lines layed, as well as the speci? c repairs projects in West Africa sels, LNG, rigs or cable layers are part to widen the largest dry dock at the yard creation of new pump rooms, installing thanks to our the company’s high end of our portfolio of vessels that the yard in order to dry dock panamax vessels, the scrubbers (up to seven in each of the project management in-house, which typically assist from ship owners, The widening as well the target market of the ? rst three vessels), structural modi? ca- allow it to manage a team more than yard combines excellent location; well- yard. However, this will not be complete tions, new insulation, new electrical and 1,000 skilled workers. To increase the equipped facilities and an exceptional until the middle of 2017, as the yard bal- control systems and new funnel casings. services at its Canary Islands location, lifting platform dry-docking system; as ances a busy workload. Together with the scrubber’s ? tting, it invested efforts in Las Palmas in an well as more than 900 linear meters of

There have been many recent signi? - extensive maintenance jobs were carried additional deep water repair berth (21m deep water repair berth. (Photo: Astander & Astican Shipyards) 60 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • AUGUST 2016

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