ENVC – Viana do Castelo Shipyards is a medium sized Shipyard in activity since 1944, located in the town of Viana do Castelo, on the Atlantic Coast in the very north of Portugal. Occupying an area of 400.000 sq.m and employing around 836 people, ENVC is the major Portuguese Shipbuilder.
ENVC – Viana shipyard has developed its own design procedures and nowadays the Company has a great capacity to design, build, convert and repair different types of sophisticated highly technological vessels. Has delivered more than 220 vessels.
MISSION
Design, build, repair and transform merchant ships up to 30 000 dwt and non combat military ships of small / average tonnage.
PRODUCTS
List of some ships which were built in the shipyard:
- Cement Carrier;
- Reefer;
- Multipurpose Container Carrier;
- Chemical Tanker;
- Ro-Ro Day Car & Passengers Ferry.
ORDER BOOK
Merchant
- Multipurpose Heavy Lift Vessels;
- Vessels Ro-Ro Day Car & Passengers.
Military Vessels
(Vessels for Portuguese Navy )
Logistic Multipurpose Vessel (LMV)
- To contribute to management peace support
- Humanitarian missions to protect and evacuate:
- Missions of National Civil Protection Service;
- To support military operations.
Ocean Patrol Vessels (OPV)
- To Patrol, watch and control the coastal and oceanic
- Support, protect and control the economic, scientific and cultural activities;
- Assistance operations of Sea Research and Rescue;
- Assistance operations, particularly with the Civil Protection.
Pollution Control Vessels (PCV)
- Recovery of oil spills on the sea surface;
- Dispersive spraying over pollutant floating oil spills;
- Oil recovery and transfer.
Coastal Patrol Vessel – CPV
- Performance of the State Maritime Authority;
- Participation in military operations and training.
CERTIFICATIONS
ISO 9001:2008
This enterprise is authorised by the Portuguese MOD to develop activities related to defence armaments industry. Besides that this firm is taking part of the AICEP and NAMSA databases.
