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…
Docks the Future: towards the port of 2030
The Port of Malaga has just joined the ports of Barcelona, Gijón and the Valenciaport Foundation at Docks the Future: the European network of excellence that aims to advance towards the ports of the future developing…
The pandemic has caused additional costs of 13 million euros for port terminals
A recent study by the Spanish National Association of Stevedoring Companies and Port Employment Centers (ANESCO) prepared together with the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM), puts the extra costs that port terminals…
Ammonia as a fuel for cleaner vessels
Ammonia, also called ammonium gas or formulated as nitrogen trihydride, is a chemical compound that we usually associate with cleaning products due to its powerful degreasing power. However, its peculiar characteristics…
Ballast water: Definition and current legislation
Ballast water treatment on vessels is an essential procedure to reduce the environmental impact of large ships. Popularly known in the naval sector by its acronym BWTS (Ballast Water Treatment System), it is regulated…
Crane load testing using water bags
One of the most outstanding services of SYM Naval, beyond the construction, repair and naval conversion, is the performance of load tests for all types of cranes. It is a service carried out by a professional and specialized team…
Ports de la Generalitat visits the SYM Naval shipyard
This past week we had the pleasure of receiving in our facilities a small group of representatives from Ports de la Generalitat, a public company attached to the Department of Territory and Sustainability of the Generalitat…
