GHENOVA is an international company that offers multidisciplinary engineering and consulting services with more than 850 employees, 80% of whom are engineers. Our business lines are Naval and Defense, Energy and Industry, Digital Transformation and Infrastructure. We work on international projects in more than 25 countries, developing 1,300,000 hours of engineering and consulting per year.

We have offices in different countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia,  Australia and Philadelphia (EE.UU). In Spain we have offices in Madrid, Ferrol, Vigo, Cartagena, Granada, Puerto de Santa María and Seville, where the company's headquarters are located.

Our commitment to diversification, synergy between our business areas and continuous innovation places us among the leading engineering companies in Europe and Latin America. The experience accumulated over more than 25 years of activity, the good results and, above all, the trust of our clients, have contributed to our continuing to grow in the most technologically demanding sectors. Independence, flexibility, proactivity, and trustworthy are some of the characteristics of which we feel proud of.

From a global presence, with offices in 5 countries, three continents, with the experience gained after more than 25 years in the naval industry, Ghenova has the perspective and vision needed to face the contractual and technical complexity of the challenging projects requested by our clients and therefore, being able to give support, based on the technical and management capacities of large projects.

A team of more than 300 specialists allows us to respond to a multitude of services that include the definition of complex platform requirements, conceptual designs of, among others, ferries, LNG supply vessels, ocean patrol boats. In-depth knowledge of passenger ships, different military platforms (frigates, amphibians-multipurpose, …), experience in the design of ships powered by alternative fuels, covering all engineering phases, up to construction support. The shipowner is accompanied throughout the life cycle of ships, from the preparation of operational technical documentation and manuals, logistics and maintenance documentation, conversions, adaptation to environmental regulations, and improvement of energy efficiency.

The future F110 frigates are one of the Spanish Navy's star programmes pending modernisation over the next few years. They will replace the current F80 of the Santa María class, a group of ships whose first unit entered service in 1986 and which are gradually reaching the end of their operational life, which would be around 2025, after the modernisation they received at the beginning of the 2000s. GHENOVA participates in the functional design of the F-110 frigate from the company's headquarters in Ferrol through a team specialised in this type of highly complex technological projects.

Living Stone is a multi-purpose vessel capable of cable, umbilical and rock installation, trenching, offshore transport and installation work.

The vessel has a double main deck 112 m long and 32 m wide. The main deck offers a total area of 3,600 m² and a deck loading capacity of 20 t/m². The moonpool of the multipurpose vessel is 7.9 m long and 7.9 m wide. In addition, the vessel includes a 600t crane for the installation and dismantling of underwater structures.

The new Living Stone vessel will be equipped with a drop pipe system, as well as cargo and cable/umbilical installation facilities, and will have advanced subsea construction capabilities. It has been designed as an environmentally friendly vessel with dual-fuel main engines, solar panels and wind turbines on board. From Ghenova, we have carried out the complete basic and detailed design.

Client: Deme Group

The Seven Waves is the fifth vessel ordered by Subsea 7 from IHC Merwede's Offshore division.

IHC Offshore & Marine designed the vessel in close cooperation with Subsea 7. The vessel has an overall length of 146 m, a beam of 30 m and a class 2 dynamic positioning system. The vessel is equipped with a vertical positioning system (tiltable), with a maximum tension capacity of 550 t, and twin ROVs. It is equipped with two below-deck storage carousels, with a capacity of 2,500 t and 1,500 t of product respectively. The lay tower can operate at an angle of up to 10° and is equipped with: two tensioners, each with a capacity of 275 t, which can be retracted out of the firing line, and two wire centralisers.

Client: IHC merwede

In order to comply with the restrictions on the main dimensions to allow access to certain ports, after a study of alternatives for the selection of the cargo containment system, membrane tanks were specified because it reduced the bulk of the tanks, and therefore the dimensions of the vessel at the same cargo capacity. This was also justified by the operational profile of the vessel.

The project was a challenge due to the short time available, the specificity of the product, and the innovative aspects involved. The solution obtained met all the requirements demanded by the client, increased the knowledge and capabilities in the technologies for the use of LNG as fuel, and serves as a reference for this incipient sector.

Client: Reganosa

The vessel has a displacement of 3,600 tonnes, has a draught of 4.2 metres, a length of 83 metres by 16 metres beam, reaches speeds of up to 16 knots, is capable of accommodating up to 90 people, has a range of up to 36 days and operational ranges of up to 22,000 kilometres.

The vessel has a bridge with 360-degree vision, as well as an iCE class 1C hull design, which allows it to operate in extreme climates, and accommodates a flight deck, adapted for both day and night operations, as well as a helicopter hangar (organic unit).

The Simón Bolívar is designed for research campaigns in the waters of both oceans, being able to take data at depths of up to 7,000 metres and to be used in other scientific projects that the ARC has been carrying out for several years.

Client: Cotecmar

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has partnered with the Navy’s Office of Support Ships, Boats, and Craft (PMS325) as part of its Fleet Recapitalization Plan.  The first class of vessels to be acquired were the Class A NOAA AGOR Variants (NAVs) which were awarded in December 2020.  NOAA is leading the acquisition of the next ships in its Recapitalization Plan – the Class B vessels – with the support of PMS325.  The Class B vessels have the primary missions of Charting and Surveying as well as the Assessment and Management of Living Marine Resources.

Client: TAI ENGINEERS, LLC