The delegate of the Free Zone, Fran González, and the director of Astilleros Bahía de Cádiz, Javier Herrador, met today to explore possible avenues of collaboration
The Consortium is already working on issues linked to the blue economy with its high-tech incubator subsidized by Feder Funds
Cadiz, February 10, 2021
The State delegate in the Free Trade Zone of Cádiz, Fran González, and the director of Navantia Bahía de Cádiz, Javier Herrador, met today at the facilities of the Puerto Rican shipyard to explore possible avenues of collaboration, a meeting in which it was agreed the creation of a working group with technicians from both entities that creates synergies and conditions for attracting companies linked to green energy, a sector in which Navantia already has an international position thanks to its latest offshore wind or wind energy contracts. Marine.
González and Herrador have agreed on the need to promote and promote our potential for this type of companies, which would find in Cádiz an ideal framework for this activity.
The objective is to create an industrial hub related to this sector, within the framework of clean energy and respect for the environment and sustainability, which will attract companies by taking advantage of the tractor effect of companies such as Navantia and other companies that are already present. located in the province of Cádiz and the added attraction of having a Free Trade Zone that has quality strategic spaces with direct access to the dock and with its customs and tax advantages.
It should also be remembered that the Cádiz Free Trade Zone is working on the high-tech incubator linked to the blue economy, Incubazul, which has received a subsidy from the Feder Funds and is already operating in the facilities of the Cádiz tax precinct.
The strategic location of Cádiz and the potential offered by its natural resources make the province in general and the Bay in particular an ideal place to promote all activities linked to the sea. According to experts, offshore wind energy has a more than promising future, so the creation of an industrial hub in which companies linked to green energy would settle in the Bay of Cádiz would have all the potential around it to function effectively. optimal way and generate great future prospects.
