Founded in 1921, Astilleros Balenciaga, S.A. is located in Zumaia, Guipúzcoa. Since 1965, this shipyard has diversified its production and has delivered over 300 units.

Balenciaga, S.A. employs 77 workers. In the mid-90s, the company undertook an ambitious programme of investments in order to improve quality and productivity. Since then, modern design, production and control methods have been implemented, such as lofting and lines fairing by CAD (FORAN), piping design by CAD (FORAN), NC plate cutting, NC tube bending, plate bending by heat line techniques, semi and fully automatic welding, in-house ultra sound welding control, etc.

Las instalaciones con las que cuenta la empresa son las siguientes:

SLIPWAYS
Slipway Nº1 100 x 24m.
FITTING-OUT WHARVES
Dimensions 870 m.
CRANES
Maximum lifting capacity 75 T.
LAUNCHING TROLLEYS
Trolley Nº1 2,850 T.
Maximum shank 18 m.

Product :

Multi-purpose/ROV vessel with DPS2 dynamic positioning The main service to be rendered by this multi-purpose/ROV vessel is that of deploying a submarine operated from the vessel (ROV) that surveys and monitors existing subsea conduits and assists in the layout of future pipelines, while, at the same time, enabling minor repair and maintenance works.

The building of these highly versatile vessels for the offshore sector, a demonstration of the company's great capacity for meeting the highest technology and quality standards on the market, which has enabled Astilleros Balenciaga to become a worldwide reference of this type of vessels. Within this type of vessels, the "Grampian Surveyor" is worthy of mention. Delivered in 2003, this vessel has a DPS2 dynamic positioning system that enables it to keep a predetermined position by using its own propellers and without anchoring. For the vessel to keep this position, the system uses GPS, radio beacons located at the bottom of the sea or even a visual reference or structure on shore for references.

Apart from this dynamic positioning system, which is also present in similar vessels, the "Grampian Surveyor" incorporates a diesel-electric propulsion system by which propellers are driven by variable-speed electric engines. This type of propulsion offers great savings in fuel consumption and low noise levels in those vessels
equipped with this system and, particularly, in those incorporating dynamic positioning systems.

Diesel-electric propulsion is much more sophisticated than its diesel-mechanic counterpart (in which the propeller is directly driven by the engine) as the installation is more complex since it requires thorough coordination between all equipment suppliers: engine manufacturers, propeller, frequency converter, electric engine, alternator, electric assembly, automation system and DP manufacturers. This vessel can also supply liquid products and other materials required for oil rig operation.

MAIN FEATURES:

Total length 75.00 m
Moulded breadth 16.00 m
Average moulded draught 5.65 m
Depth to main deck 7.00 m
Deadweight 2,250 T
Power 4x1,800 Kw
Speed 15 knots
Crew 49

Other Products:

 Stand-by vessel for personnel rescue purposes (up to 300 people rescue).
 Tugs.
 Tuna boats.
 Oil tankers.
 Seismic vessels.

Address:

ASTILLEROS BALENCIAGA, S.A.
Santiago Auzoa 1.20750 Zumaia - GIPUZKOA
Tel: +34 943 860262
Fax: +34 943 862 089
balenciaga@astillerosbalenciaga.com
www.astillerosbalenciaga.com

INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED BASQUE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS

The aforementioned product is part of a catalogue published by the Society for Industrial Promotion and Restructuring (S.P.R.I. in its Spanish acronym). The catalogue compiles the main industrial products from Basque companies that have become 'internationally renowned' and are 'global leaders within their sectors'.
The publication 'Basque Country, A World Class Industry' gathers the activities of a total of 121 Basque corporations and institutions.

This compilation, though tiny, is a quite significant example of the wide range of INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED BASQUE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS that corporations in this country design, develop and produce, and that comply with the expectations and needs of clients around the world.

The Sectorial Associations, the Basque Clusters and Euskalit have been in charge of selecting these internationally renowned products.