VigoIndustria, the solidarity initiative of Vigo’s industry and its area before COVID-19. More than 50 companies in the industrial sector of the Vigo area and its region have already joined VigoIndustria, the alliance of companies that was born with the aim of “awakening the values ​​that have identified our industry, effort, talent and commitment , […]

Good news: Self-cleaning walls. The innovative product that the Vigo Merchant Union wants to bring to Galicia is one of the positive news that creeps in in times of a pandemic. Against bouncing viruses and volatile germs, self-cleaning walls and floors have emerged. The Vigo company Merchant Union has signed an agreement to use the […]

We spoke with the businessman who relied on photocatalysis to create a green lung in Vigo. “It is that today one thing is not understood without the other: betting on the future of the environment is also betting on the future of the company itself, both go hand in hand. There is no sense working […]

A new way of doing things in the largest fishing port in Europe. The port of Vigo, in Spain, strives to keep the fishing value chain active during the days of COVID-19. Almost every day at four-thirty in the morning – while most people are still asleep – the largest fishing port in Europe, in […]

Vigo, 03-13-2020.- Given the evolution generated by the expansion of COVID-19 worldwide and the measures implemented by the Government of Spain, the management of the International Fair of the Naval Industry, NAVALIA, has decided postpone the eighth edition of the event, scheduled for the next May, and move its celebration to October 27, 28 and […]

Feijóo encourages the Galician naval sector to continue betting on innovation as the basis of its competitiveness. The President of the Galician Government, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, today encouraged the Galician naval sector to continue betting on innovation as the basis of its competitiveness. In this regard, he highlighted the launching of the oceanographic vessel Belgium […]

The auxiliary company in the Bourbon sector, with a ship in Vigo right now drives what would be the first unit for this business niche. The company of ships supporting the oil and gas sector Bourbon has promoted the creation of the first autonomous vessel for this business niche. Together with Automated Ships Ltd (ASL), […]

Five shipyards are opting for the imminent tender for eight trawlers for 42.5 million euros. The new Pescanova has only one goal in mind which is to grow. He wants to bill 1.5 billion in 2020, almost 50% more than now. To achieve this, it is committed to maintaining the verticality of the company, from […]

The reduction of activity in the fishing sector not only affects the thousands of families who find their economic livelihood in it, but also has a second derivative. It is about the effects it causes on a naval sector that, to a large extent, is nourished by the order book that comes from the fishing […]

The naval is a cyclical and unstable by nature sector, and it is even more so in Galicia, where it has been more than five years since there was a peak in activity such as that recorded during the first half of 2017. The community’s private and public shipyards have been showing signs of recovery […]