Factorías Vulcano
The website provided for this record belongs to Marina Meridional, the naval division of the family-owned Grupo Meridional, and its Vigo yard Astilleros San Enrique (Rúa Santa Tegra 69, Vigo). The group builds, maintains, repairs and converts commercial and private vessels, and also fabricates tanks, large marine steel structures and offshore wind and floating solar platforms. Alongside Vigo it operates yards at Huelva (Nuevo Astillero de Huelva), Ceuta (Med Gate) and Antalya, Turkey (Arkin Pruva). Note that the pages do not mention the name Factorías Vulcano, so the link between that name and this content cannot be confirmed from the source text.
Factorías Vulcano
The pages supplied under this record are those of Marina Meridional S.A. (Madrid-registered, CIF A36862282), the shipbuilding division of Grupo Meridional, a family holding company with more than 50 years of history and diversified interests in finance, naval, tourism and renewable energy. The name Factorías Vulcano does not appear in the material, so this entry describes the Vigo-based operation as presented on the site: Astilleros San Enrique, at Rúa Santa Tegra 69, Vigo. Marina Meridional cites 20 years of presence in the Spanish naval industry and acquired the Huelva and Vigo yards in 2020, adding to existing facilities in Ceuta and Turkey.
Services
- Turnkey new construction with custom design, from basic and detailed design to delivery
- Maintenance, repair, modernisation and major conversion, afloat and in dry conditions
- Hull, mechanical, hydraulic, electrical and carpentry repair work
- Heavy boilermaking: tanks, depots, large marine steel structures and offshore wind projects
- Piping division; energy division offering survey and AMP (alternative maritime power) reconditioning programmes
- Yacht refit, repowering, hull and superstructure extensions, blasting, marine upholstery (Ceuta)
Facilities
- Vigo (San Enrique): 38,000 m² of own land; capacity for vessels up to 180 m LOA and 40 m beam; slipway with two 125-tonne cranes allowing blocks of almost 200 t; 3D CAD design, NC cutting, automatic flat panel line, automatic welding, laser dimensional control; launching on trolleys or inclined slipway; south quay for fitting-out and trials; more than 200 people working daily on site
- Huelva: slipway suited to docking and launching pontoons up to 28 m beam
- Ceuta (Med Gate): 6,054 m² of land plus 1,200 m² of water concession; travelift for vessels up to 325 t, 9 m beam and 49 m LOA; two halls for vessels up to 40 m
- Antalya (Arkin Pruva): motor and sailing yacht construction and refit
Vessel Types
- Fishing vessels, chemical tankers, ferries and RoPax-related structures, cement carriers, general cargo and container ships
- DP2/DP3 offshore vessels, 3D seismic vessels, tugs, supply vessels, pontoons, oceanographic vessels
- Metal substructures, RoRo ramps and linkspans, floating solar platforms
- Motor and sailing yachts and private craft
Location
- Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain; Huelva, Spain; Muelle Alfau, Ceuta, Spain; Antalya Free Zone, Turkey