Boluda Lines collaborates with charity project “A light at school” to improve school conditions for infant and junior students in African Sahel in Senegal

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The company joins thirteen other Valencian companies in an initiative promoted by the NGO Formación Senegal (Senegal Training), providing free shipping of solar panels from Valencia to Dakar

The collaboration is part of the Humanitarian Transport program, promoted by Boluda Corporación Marítima within its Corporate Social Responsibility policy

Boluda Corporación Marítima’s shipping company Boluda Lines has collaborated again with a solidarity project through its Humanitarian Transport program, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility policy. This collaboration, alongside thirteen other Valencian companies, is with the non-governmental organization (NGO) Formación Senegal and its project “Una luz en la escuela” (A light at school), sending solar panels from the port of Valencia to the Senegal capital Dakar, where the shipping company operates a commercial line from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Continue reading →

Boluda Towage and Salvage tug VB MEDITERRANEO escorts Spain’s first marine wind turbine to final destination on Gran Canarian coast

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Capable of generating five megawatts of power, the maritime turbine was constructed in the port of Arinaga and its final destination is the Jinámar coast, next to the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (Plocan), situated between Las Palmas and Telde

The structure is 115 metres tall – twice the height of the Maspalomas lighthouse – and its three blades measure 64.4 metres each

Boluda Towage and Salvage’s tugboat the VB MEDITERRANEO took part this week in the complex towage of Spain’s first marine wind turbine from the southeast dock of Arinaga port in Agüimes, Gran Canaria, to the coast of Jinámar. The new wind energy project has a total budget of 20,675,676 euros, 13,679,848 euros funded by the European Union through its Horizon 2020 program. Continue reading →

Vicente Boluda: “We are proud to put into action the greatest technological advances seen so far in the towage sector in Spain”

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The Boluda Corporación Marítima chairman today presented two new smart ships, intelligent tugboats that form part of its Spanish fleet, choosing the Bay of Algeciras Port Authority as this Cadiz port has the best towage and salvage fleet in Spain

The ceremony also paid tribute to Juan González, head of the company’s towage division Boluda Towage and Salvage from 2006 to 2016, who passed away two years ago

Boluda Towage and Salvage leads the towing sector in Spain and ranks second in the international arena

“As a family business founded by my grandfather in 1920 with a small wooden tugboat, as we approach our centenary we are proud to bring to the towage sector the greatest technological advances so far in the history of navigation in Spain.” Boluda Corporación Marítima chairman Vicente Boluda spoke during the official launch of its next generation smart ships held yesterday at the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras. Continue reading →

Boluda Corporación Marítima early adopters since 2016 of European Tugowners Association’s proposals on benefits of digitalization with their new smart ships

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The entity’s Annual General Meeting, bringing together Europe’s principal towing companies, took place in Antwerp, Belgium over three days in May

Attending were Fletamentos, Offshore y Salvamento Marítimo manager Charo Coll, and Denis Monserand, general director of Boluda Francia, both members of the association’s executive committee

The 55th European Towing Association (ETA) Annual Meeting, which took place in Antwerp (Belgium) in May, confirmed that Boluda Corporación Marítima is on the right track. In fact, the meeting was followed by a conference on “Towage and digitalization”, which presented the different ways in which digital technologies could benefit the towage sector, an area which Boluda Towage and Salvage has been prioritizing since 2016 by gradually increasing their fleet of next-generation smart ships. Continue reading →