Offshore wind and sea energy: key opportunities for the naval sector

At the proposal of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, on December 10 the Spanish Council of Ministers approved the Roadmap for the Development of Offshore…
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…