ruben.maritime

 BARCELONA 10 October – Spanish ship repair company Union Naval Barcelona (UNB), part of the Boluda shipping group, has secured an exclusive agreement to repair, maintain and refurbish Aker-built cruise vessels operating in the Mediterranean. Boluda will put two shipyards at the disposal of Aker Yards Lifecycle Services, UNB in Barcelona and UNM (Union Naval Marseille) in Marseilles. UNB currently operates two drydocks, of 215m and 120m respectively, while UNM has two larger facilities of 250m and 350m each. It is also hoped that UNM will be able to re-use drydock 10 which was built in Marseilles in the early 1970s to accomodate 550,000-dwt ultra large crude carriers. A spokesman from UNM welcomed the news and greeted the significant business brought by Boluda, only a few weeks after the Spanish group took over the bankrupt yard, which used to operate under the name Compagnie Marseille Reparation. UNM says four to five large Aker-built cruise vessels will be drydocked at Marseilles every year. In a separate field, UNM also expects to drydock vessels belonging to the Boluda group, in particular the container vessels of Pinillos, when the Barcelona facilities are unavailable.

Via Fairplay.co.uk

Etiquetas: cruise market, cruises, shipyards

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