Freire Shipyard, has secured a contract from the leading UK marine contractor Briggs Marine for the design and construction of a new Maintenance Support Vessel.

Freire Shipyard, has secured a contract from the leading UK marine contractor Briggs Marine for the design and construction of a new Maintenance Support Vessel.
Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan recently launched the oceanographic research vessel, Jaywun, the "pearl" of the United Arab Emirates.
Last month the oceanographic vessel David Packard entered the waters of the Vigo estuary for the first time at the launching that took place at the Freire Shipyard. The oceanographic vessel designed to provide scientific support to the maritime research work of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, has a total length of 49.9m, a beam of 12.80m, a design draft of 3.65m and It can reach a speed of 12 knots.
The Falkor (too) oceanographic vessel built and modified by Freire Shipyard for the Schmidt Ocean Institute will receive scientists from National Geographic.
The sponsorship of the RV Belgica, built by Freire Shipyard, was held in Ghent, Belgium, with Princess Elizabeth of Belgium, the godmother of the ship.