Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo
| Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo | |
|---|---|
| legal form | SA (joint stock company) |
| founding | June 3, 1944 |
| resolution | March 31, 2018 |
| Reason for dissolution | insolvency |
| Seat | Viana do Castelo , Portugal |
| Number of employees | 600 (2014) |
| Branch | shipbuilding |
The Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo (ENVC) was a Portuguese shipyard in the city of Viana do Castelo that existed from 1944 to 2018. It was a majority-owned public limited company and one of the most important shipyards in the country.
history
Foundation and development
The Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo were created in June 1944 on the initiative of the government, which intended to develop and modernize the Portuguese fleet in the long term. The first partners were shipbuilders from the port of Lisbon from cod fishing companies.
The first ships built at the yard were three cod trawlers on behalf of Portuguese fishing companies. In 1948 the shipyard delivered the Senhor dos Mareantes and Senhora das Candeias to the Empresa de Pesca de Viana do Castelo and the São Gonçalinho to the Empresa de Pesca de Aveiro . ENVC then began to build ships for the Great Voyage. She later expanded the product range to include other types of ships, including ferries and warships.
In 1975 the shipyard was nationalized. In 1991, ENVC was converted into a public company with the state as the majority shareholder.
Infrastructure
The ENVC facilities were located in the port area of Viana do Castelo. They included:
- 300 m repair quay
- 2 berths of 190 m each
- Dry dock 127 × 18 m
- Dry dock 203 × 30 m
- Construction platform 140 × 30 m
- Plunge level 120 × 40 m
End of the yard
The shipyard ran into financial difficulties around 2010 and should be re-privatized. In addition, it received state aid, which only later turned out to be not reported to the European Commission - which in turn accelerated the closure. The shipyard ceased operations on January 10, 2014, at the same time the shipyard was leased by the state holding company with a sub-concession agreement to the newly founded West Sea shipyard of the private Martifer Group, which also took over some of the employees. The formal dissolution was originally supposed to take place in October 2015, but was postponed to process old orders. The company was formally dissolved on March 31, 2018.
Construction list (selection)
Throughout its history, ENVC has constructed more than 200 ships of all possible types:
| Construction no. | delivery | IMO no. | Ship name | Ship type | measurement | Client | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14th | 1953 | Funchalense | Cargo ship | 657 GRT | Empresa de Navegação Madeirense | First cargo ship building by the shipyard and first fruit ship building in Portugal; until 1966 as Funchalense , then as Ihla de Porto Santo island supplier for Madeira and later also the Azores; Wrecked in 1982. | |
| 15th | 1955 | 5130587 | Gil Eannes | Hospital ship | 3467 GRT | Grémio dos Armadores de Navios da Pesca do Bacalhau | Hospital and support ship for cod fishermen off Newfoundland and in use until 1973; then a cargo ship and later a hospital ship in Angola; 1984 out of service, museum ship since 1998 . |
| 87 | 1972 | 7116781 | Erika Fisser | Bulk carrier | 3892 GRT | Fisser & v. Doornum | Partial delivery of three ships of the 10 Porter type freighters for Fisser & v. Doornum ; 1990 Construction of a new fore and middle aisle. |
| 92 | 1974 | 7325851 | Major Sucharski | General cargo ship | 5668 GRT | Centromor | Delivery of the first of five hulls of the Polish type Stocznia Gdynia B41 to the Stocznia im shipyard . Komuny Paryskiej , for the Polskie line Oceaniczne ; 1997 Diamond Ray , scrapped in 1998. |
| 150 | 1988 | 8801113 | Port Lima | Coaster | 2351 GT | Portline Transportes Maritimos Internacionais | First of four Tor class ships to be delivered ; 1993 Mellum , 1994 Lady Linda , 2004 Castle gate of the shipping company Erwin Strahlmann , in motion. |
| 1992 | 5090660 | Discovery | Research ship | 2707 GT | Natural Environment Research Council | Reconstruction and modernization: extension by 10 meters, new superstructures and new engines. | |
| 2003 | 9267534 | Carmel Ecofresh | Multipurpose ship | 18931 GT | Valshic Shipping, Israel | Largest new building to date with sister ship Carmel Bio-Top ; until 2017 fruit, flower and container service between Israel and Marseille , Valencia and Genoa ; Wrecked in 2017. | |
| 237 | 2003 | 9267390 | Lobo Marinho | Ferry | 8072 GT | Porto Santo Line | Built for ferry service between Madeira and the neighboring island of Porto Santo ; runs almost every day and also transports supplies. |
| 2005 | 9329356 | Douro Queen | River cruise ship | 1587 GT | Douro Azul | Runs for Douroazul on the Douro . | |
| 2006 | 9347827 | Industrial diamond | Heavy lift ship | 7223 GT | Jüngerhans shipping company | One of numerous container and multi-purpose ships built for the Jüngerhans shipping company, operates as the Aquila J ; | |
| 258 | 2008 | 9434060 | Spitsbergen | Passenger ship | 7344 GT | Atlânticoline | Planned as an Atlântida for traffic in the Azores, intended as a passenger and car ferry for the government of Venezuela after the contract was terminated in 2009, but launched; Conversion to a cruise ship, with Hurtigruten AS since 2015 . |
| 2011 | NRP Viano do Castelo | Ocean patrol boat | 1850 t | Marinha Portuguesa | First boat of the Viana-do-Castelo class with registration P 360. The boats are designed for deep sea patrols, fishery protection and search and rescue services. | ||
| 2013 | NRP Figueira da Foz | Ocean patrol boat | 1850 t | Marinha Portuguesa | Second boat of the Viana-do-Castelo class with registration P 361 . |
Web links
- ENVC - Resumo Histórico ( Portuguese ) ENVC. Archived from the original on July 28, 2009. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ↑ ENVC - Resumo Histórico ( Portuguese ) ENVC. Archived from the original on July 28, 2009. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
- ↑ Dinheiro vivo of March 10th, 2018: Extinção dos Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo marcada para 31 de março (German: The shipyard is to be closed after a last auction of 1200 tons of steel for March 31st )
- ^ Website of the city of Viano do Castelo for the event on June 3, 2019: Apresentação Documentário “Instantes e Memórias | Casa ENVC " (German: Presentation of the documentation" Moments and memories of the ENVC shipyard " )
- ^ Metamorphosis of RRS Discovery , Shiprepair & Conversion Technology, 1992. Transportation Research Board
- ↑ Douro Queen at shipspotting.com
- ↑ Data of the Aquila J from the shipping company juengerhans.de
- ^ NRP Viano do Castelo on the website of the Portuguese Navy
- ↑ NRP Figueira da Foz on the website of the Portuguese Navy
Coordinates: 41 ° 41 ′ 20 " N , 8 ° 50 ′ 33" W.