Navantia Company Committees Denounce the Possible "Diversion" of Workload From the Bay to Other Centers

Last Tuesday, May 13, the Council of Ministers approved an agreement to modify the limits of future spending, allowing the Ministry of Defence to finance a new special modernization program with which a ship of supply and combat (BAC) will be built in Navantia Ferrol.

Navantia's company committees in the Bay of Cadiz have denounced in a statement that the company's management is "contemplating the diversion of workload from the Bay to other centers", and have requested "an urgent meeting" with the head of the public company and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, and the president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juan Manuel Moreno.As they have pointed out in the communiqué, this "deviation" of workload, whic…

They call for investment in equipment, staff and training so that plants can absorb future projects The president of the island committee is restless about "political decisions" that can decant the balance towards other countries.

The Government of Spain has approved this week at its meeting of the Council of Ministers an investment of 703 million for a new ship of the Navy. It is the construction of a Ship of Supply in Combat (BAC) that will replace in 2030 the 'Patiño', which has already reached the end of its operational life. This action is integrated into the Industrial and Technological Plan of the Security and the Defense. The work of this new ship will be carried …