Alconza’s SAT team is proud to have successfully performed the five-year scheduled maintenance of the generators and motors on board the Maersk Minder in Denmark. During this technical assistance, extensive analysis was conducted on five QDV 560 S-8FW positioning motors, two QD 710 S-8 FW motors and five NIR 7194 A-10LW and NIR5661 A-8LW generators.…
Climate change is one of the main challenges we face as a global society. In Alconza we continue shaping the climate-neutral roadmap to become a key player in the field of sustainable mobility. We are firmly committed to the protection of the environment and climate change, sustainability and the reduction of our environmental impact. To…
Alconza Berango SL wagers for R&D as one of the keys for its development. Thus, we continue to innovate in product enhancement and the generation of new technological solutions. During 2022 we were involved in four HAZITEK projects, which covered different strategic lines of the TWINPROP The main objective of this TWINPROP project is…
A new year begins and we would like to seize this early news to express our best wishes to all customers, suppliers and partners. 2023 is a year full of new projects and after Christmas break we find ourselves with batteries fully charged to tackle new challenges ahead and those in which we are already…
Further to the release of the Basque Maritime Forum’s Bulletin no. 60 we would like to share some highlights from recent months in Alconza. In Alconza we have had busy summer months. New contracts, renewed work dynamics and special attention to international promotion and visibility. No less important, Alconza is focused on adapting to market…
What does Customer Service mean for Alconza? Among others, Customer Service means taking care of the Life Cycle of our machinery. On November 2022 Alconza gave a training course to the crew of the Italian NAVY, focused on its MEP installed onboard Trieste (L9890). The course was conducted at Fincantieri Shipyard, aiming to provide the…
According to Wikipedia “ An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships […]. For a ship to be considered an icebreaker, it requires three traits most normal ships lack: a strengthened hull, an ice-clearing shape, and the power…
Launching of the Norwegian Gannet, which Alconza helped develop Shipowners Hav Line Gruppen’s Norwegian Gannet, is the largest ship to be built by Balenciaga, the Gipuzkoan shipbuilders. It will process and transport Salmon from Norway to Denmark Alconza manufactured an electric propulsion system for the Norwegian Gannet, the first hybrid ship in the…
Maersk Supply Service ´s vessel Maersk Master has been awarded Vessel of the year at the annual Offshore Support Journal Conference in London. She is equipped with two PTI propulsion motors (Power Take In), five thruster motors and powered by five medium speed main generators from Alconza Berango S.L providing high reliability, fuel economy…
Norwegian Gannet, will be the first hybrid vessel dedicated to aquaculture. We are talking about a Factory-Ship, a new concept in the sector that seeks to reduce operating costs and above all to minimize the environmental impact. Hav Line commissioned the design of the vessel and the manufacture of the engines to Wärtsilä, which will…