A Royal Decree grants aids of 20 million euros for R&D&I in the naval sector
The Spanish Council of Ministers approved last December 7 the new Royal Decree 1071/2021 that regulates the direct granting of aid for research, development…
Cleaning of ballast water tanks and general tank cleaning
SYM NAVAL, as a shipyard specialized in shipbuilding and also as a provider of ship repair and conversion services, waterbag cargo testing and expert installer of ballast water treatment systems…
Scrubber installations, repowering interventions and ballast water treatments led ship transformation works in 2020
New environmental requirements, such as the Ballast Water Management Convention or IMO 2020, were the main drivers of the demand for ship transformation during 2020. However, the COVID-19 crisis…
PERTE Naval: the sector is committed to digitalization, training and green transition
Last March, the Council of Ministers approved the expected PERTE for the shipbuilding industry, whose main challenge is to diversify the sector towards new products, its digitalization…
Juan Manuel Cuenca Martínez, new General Manager of SYM NAVAL
The shipyard SYM NAVAL, in its continuous search for business excellence in the naval sector, and in order to consolidate its growth course, incorporates Juan Manuel Cuenca Martínez as new General Manager (CEO).
SYM Naval receives the AINE 2020 Best Company Award
The 60th Congress of Naval Engineering and Maritime Industry was held in A Coruña (Galicia) between 20 and 22 October, in which a series of presentations were held to discuss certain issues of relevance…
Spanish ports sail towards the OPS system
OPS or Onshore Power Supply consists in connecting the vessels to the terrestrial electrical network while they are docked at port, so that their auxiliary engines can be off. This represents a great step…
IMO sets deadline for installation of ballast water treatment systems on vessels
Treatment of ballast water is essential to reduce the environmental impact of ships. For this reason, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has created the D2 Ballast Water Performance Standard…
The challenge of digitalisation and sustainability will create a gap between European ports
The race for digitalisation and sustainability has reached port infrastructures, and European ports are competing to secure a leadership position in the future. Port authorities have abandoned their…
The European maritime industry bets on hydrogen
Like all industries, the maritime sector is in the midst of an energy transition, facing the challenge of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases and nitrogen oxides (NOx). Its efforts are constant…