Navantia

Navantia is a Spanish state-owned shipbuilding company, which offers its services to both military and civil sectors. It is the fifth-largest shipbuilder in Europe and the ninth-largest in the world with shipyards around the globe. The heir to the segregation of the military assets of the IZAR Group in 2005, Navantia designs, builds and supports all types of surface vessels, submarines and systems. In addition, it is expanding into new markets diversifying its product, such as renewable energy, the offshore industry and all kinds of services that it requires by the naval industry.

Navantia, S.A.
TypeState-owned enterprise
IndustryDefence, Shipbuilding, Engineering
PredecessorEmpresa Nacional Bazán
FoundedJanuary 1, 2005 (2005-01-01)
Headquarters
Madrid, Community of Madrid
,
Spain
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Ricardo Domínguez García-Baquero (President)[1]
ProductsWarships, Hospital ship, Yachts, Ferries, Cargo ships, Platform supply vessels, Dredger, Marine propulsion, Offshore engineering
RevenueIncrease 1.3 billion euros[2] (2021)
Increase -120 million euros[2] (2021)
Increase -93 million euros[2] (2021)
Total assetsDecrease 4.5 billion euros (2021)[2]
OwnerSEPI (100%)
Number of employees
3,984[2] (2021)
ParentSEPI
DivisionsNavantia Sistemas
SubsidiariesNavantia Australia
Navantia UK
SAES
Sainsel Sistemas Navales
Websitewww.navantia.es

Company
Navantia‘s headquarters in Madrid
One of the 18th-century doors of the shipyards in Ferrol

The origins of Navantia go back to the origins of Spanish naval construction, from the 13th century with Alfonso X with the Real Atarazanas de Sevilla and the Real Carenero of San Fernando, which took great relevance during the discovery of America until due to the increase of the size of the ships and their greater draft, in 1730 they were replaced by the historical military Arsenal de Ferrol (A Coruña), Arsenal de Cartagena (Murcia) and La Carraca, (Cádiz), in what supposed a reform of the navy and the beginning of the development of the modern naval industry in Spain under the supervision of the Marques de la Ensenada and Jorge Juan in the times of Felipe V and Fernando VI, whose shipyards were destined to build and repair the ships of the Spanish Navy.

In 1908 these shipyards became part of the Spanish Naval Construction Society (La Naval) to which civil shipyards such as Matagorda in Puerto Real (Cádiz) or Sestao (Vizcaya) also belonged, later integrated into AESA. At the end of the Spanish Civil War, the State took over the military arsenals and in 1947 the Empresa Nacional Bazán was formed, which was born as a shipbuilding company that depended on foreign technology. Subsequently, Bazán began to develop his own ship projects.

IZAR was formed in 2000, as a result of the merger between Astilleros Españoles (AESA), a company that brought together the public civil shipyards and the Empresa Nacional Bazán. In December 2004, the Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI), the largest shareholder and manager of the group, decided to separate the military branch of IZAR, creating in March 2005 the Navantia company, aimed at achieving greater business efficiency, later becoming it also transferred the civil branch. Navantia, the Spanish shipbuilder, 100% owned by SEPI, the Spanish government industrial holding, is engaged in the design, construction and integration of warships, as well as ship repairs and modernizations.

In March 2016, Navantia was selected as the "preferred bidder" to build two logistics support ships for the Royal Australian Navy.[3] In April 2021, Navantia launches its first completely Spanish designed and built submarine, the Issac Peral S-81. This was 133 years after the launch of the first functional war submarine in history, the Peral submarine.[4]

Location

Navantia has 4 main locations in Spain, the Navantia company headquarters are located in Madrid and the production centers are in the following areas:

Products

Navantia's activities can be broken down into four main sectors: naval defense, historical core of the group's business (ships, submarines, management of the operational availability of forces), Systems (Research, development and Integration of all kinds of defense systems, surveillance and navigation systems), diversification (renewable marine energy, construction of naval bases and power plants, offshore) and services (Maintenance, repair and life cycle support).

Surface defense
  • Multi-mission frigates: F100, F110, F310, AWD HOBART, ALFA 3000 Y 4000.
  • Aircraft Carrier / Multi-Mission LHD: ATHLAS 26000
  • LPD: ATHLAS 13000
  • LCM: Arena 65
  • Ocean patrol and corvettes: Avante 300, 1400, 1800, 2200 Combatant, 3000, 2200 Patrol.
  • AOR: BAC Cantabria
  • AOE con capacidades anfibias: JOINT SUPPORT SHIP

Submarine defense

Propulsion
  • Turbines: Navantia manufactures steam turbines and equipment for ships such as reduction gears, rudders, shaft lines, torpedo tubes, etc. for both the civil and military markets. The Navatia Turbine factory installed the first propulsion plant on a ship in 1912 and since then has worked independently or with collaboration agreements with world-class technologists such as General Electric, Mitsubishi Hitachi PS, Siemens, Schelde Gears, etc. Its product catalog includes:
    • Equipment such as reduction gears, shaft lines, rudders, gas turbine encapsulation, etc.
    • Steam turbines licensed by Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems in an approximate power range of 2 to 15 MW for co-generation plants, biomass and other industrial applications
    • Components and / or steam turbines in any power range with different technologists
    • Support for the Life Cycle that includes repair and / or maintenance, technical assistance, optimization of equipment, spare parts, etc. Navantia has participated in the manufacture and commissioning of steam turbines for the main power generation plants in Spain, such as nuclear and thermal plants, co-generation and biomass plants, as well as other industrial applications.[5]
  • Engines: Navantia mainly manufactures high and medium speed four-stroke diesel engines since 1947, present in all markets for all types of applications, naval and land. Its product catalog includes:
    • Propulsion equipment for naval application for all types of ships
    • Land propulsion equipment for military vehicles
    • Generating sets for naval application, for all types of ships
    • Generating groups for ground application, for all types of installations
    • After-sales service (technical assistance, maintenance, spare parts)
    • Training courses for clients in the operation and maintenance of equipment The Navantia Motor factory has the most modern facilities (induction furnaces, CNC machines, more than 5000 square meters of assembly, test benches of up to 10,000 kW…) and works with licenses and technology cooperation agreements with the main companies in the sector, such as MAN Diesel Turbo, MTU Friedrischafen and Caterpillar. For the Spanish Army, Navantia has carried out the re-motorization of the M-60 and AMX-30 battle tanks. It has also supplied propulsion equipment for the Leopard tank and the Pizarro cavalry vehicle.

Offshore

Navantia is increasingly diversifying its products in the offshore sector, especially in wind energy.

Major projects
Spanish Navy LHD Juan Carlos I on afloat completion stage
Royal Australian Navy flagship HMAS Canberra in 2021
Navantia's F-103 AEGIS frigate Blas de Lezo from the Spanish Navy (2009)
The frigate HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen of the Royal Norwegian Navy in Oslo (2006)

See also

References
  1. Martín, Alejandro (18 April 2021). "Ricardo Domínguez: Del campo al timón de Navantia". Diario de Cádiz.
  2. "Navantia Group 2021 Accounts" (PDF). www.navantia.es. 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  3. "Pre-election promise on shipbuilding sought by Labor, Xenophon, unions after Spain wins naval deal". ABC News. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  4. "Bautizo del submarino Isaac Peral, el más potente del mundo". AS.com (in Spanish). 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  5. "Turbines | Propulsion and Generation". Navantia. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
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