Timeline

2000-2010

2000

The AESA civil shipyards merge with the Empresa Nacional Bazán. Dedicated to constructing military ships: the new company will be called IZAR

2003

The Iñigo Tapias gas tanker passes through the Ría del Nervión, under the suspension bridge, for the first time

2005

Several companies and investors constitute the company Construcciones Navales del Norte (CNN) to opt to purchase the Sestao shipyard. The La Naval lands are sold to the VGP fund, thus ending a century of shipbuilding in Sestao

2006

The Vizcaya Bridge has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO

2006

Inauguration of RIALIA, Museum of Industry

2010

The Suspendion Bridge is painted “Somorrostro red vein” after a popular consultation, after 100 years of being black

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