ruben.maritime

BARCELONA October 24 - Spain’s Boluda Group is to invest euro90M ($112M) in a new repair yard at Barcelona, Francisco Fernández Arderius, MD of Boluda’s Unión Naval Barcelona (UNB) yard, announced today. “The yard will consist of two floating docks of 250m and 180m in length and will be operational by the end of 2010,” Arderius said. “We expect the order for two floating docks to be made in China. No deal has been agreed yet,” he said, adding that the Boluda Group had ruled out placing orders for the docks in Europe because of high prices. The creation of a new yard comes after Barcelona Port Authority (APB) and UNB reached an agreement allowing yacht repair yard Marina 92 to move into UNB’s current site at Barcelona before UNB’s concession expires. UNB will receive a compensation payment from Marina 92. The agreement gives UNB a 35-year concession to operate a 30,000 m² space in the eastern reaches of Barcelona. “Building a new yard will allow UNB to repair larger-sized ships,” Arderius said. UNB will aim to repair medium-sized ferries, merchant and cruise ships. Larger ships will be repaired at UNB’s sister yard at Marseilles.

Via Fairplay.co.uk

 

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