Stage · 01
Concept
GA sketches, lines, weight estimates, mission studies, feasibility for yard and owner.
- General arrangement
- Preliminary lines & stability
- Weight & cost estimates
- Mission profile studies
Services · Turnkey engineering
Concept · Basic · Detail
Production · Retrofit · Owner's eng.
Production · Retrofit · Owner's eng.
What we offer
Two practices. One engineering culture.
Practice · 01
Marine engineering
Concept to steel. Hull, structure, outfitting, class approval and retrofits for cruise, yacht, fishing, cargo and tanker programmes. A scalable bench of 30+ marine engineers.
BV · DNV · LR
ABS · RINA · ClassNK
FORAN · AVEVA · Rhino
See marine services →
Practice · 02
Industrial engineering
Process to plant. P&IDs, HAZOP, CFD, piping stress and detail design for power, oil & gas, renewables, petrochem and heavy industry. 40+ industrial engineers, scaled from Mumbai.
ASME B31.3
HAZOP · LOPA · SIL
AVEVA E3D · PDMS · CAESAR II
See full industrial portfolio →
Marine services
Five stages. No hand-off gap.
A project can start at any stage. A yard can bring willbö in at stage 03 with someone else's basic design and we will still own the production pack.
Stage · 02
Basic
The class-approval package. Scantlings, structural drawings, P&IDs, electrical single-line, key calculations.
- Structural calculations
- P&IDs · HVAC · electrical
- Class approval package
- Stability & damage case
Stage · 03
Detail
Full 3D model, block breakdown, outfitting routes, supports, penetrations. FORAN, AVEVA, Rhino, Tekla.
- Block breakdown
- 3D model · clash detection
- Piping & electrical routing
- Outfitting & HVAC detail
Stage · 04
Production
The deliverables that hit the workshop floor. Nesting, iso drawings, pipe spools, support fabrication.
- Nesting & cutting files
- Pipe spools & iso drawings
- Support fabrication
- Assembly sequences
Stage · 05
Retrofit
Onboard surveys, 3D scanning to as-built, conversion studies, drydock engineering packages.
- Onboard surveys
- 3D laser scanning
- Conversion & repowering
- Drydock packages
Vessel types
Every hull we've done, did something difficult.
| Vessel type | Typical programmes | Engineering focus | Standards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cruise & expeditionPolar · luxury · yacht | Carnival Mardi Gras · SH Vega | Passenger safety, guest-area outfitting, waterpark structure and deck integration | PC5 / PC6 · SOLAS II-2 |
| FishingSeiners · pelagic · longliners | Juan Pablo II · Pelagic 75 m · reefer conversions | RSW & brine tanks, process deck layouts, fuel efficiency | BV · DNV class |
| Cargo · tanker · RoPaxShort-sea · coastal | ERSHIP Elena — CAPCO2 validation platform | Dual-fuel & methanol conversions, cargo system integration | MARPOL Annex VI |
| Offshore & supportSOV · CTV · tug | ARPAARTI Arctica · Nodosa | DP1 / DP2 systems, walk-to-work gangways, motion-minimised hulls | IMO MSC · IACS |
Marine · class societies
We speak class. All of them.
Class-approval packages are our bread and butter. We run the back-and-forth with the surveyor so the yard and the owner don't have to.
Bureau Veritas
DNV
Lloyd's Register
ABS
RINA
ClassNK
Flag-state coordination
MCA · USCG liaison
Marine · software & methods
Tools that ship. Not demos.
Every production pack we deliver has been pressure-tested against the yard's preferred platform. We match your stack, not the other way around.
FORAN
AVEVA E3D
CADMATIC
ShipConstructor
NX · SolidWorks
Tekla
Rhino · Grasshopper
STAAD.Pro · ANSYS · FINE/Marine
Industrial services
Four sectors. Same rigour, different regulators.
Process engineering, P&IDs, HAZOP, CFD and detail design. EPCs bring us in to take over the detail engineering so their bench stays free for commercial work.
Sector · 01
Power & Oil & Gas
Thermal plants, combined-cycle, LNG terminals, upstream and midstream facilities.
- CCGT & thermal retrofits
- LNG regas & small-scale terminals
- Upstream process packages
- Midstream pipelines & metering
API 650 · 620
ASME B31.3
ATEX zoning
Sector · 02
Renewables & Power-to-X
Green hydrogen, e-methanol, ammonia, offshore wind substations. We already work with the molecule.
- Electrolyser balance-of-plant
- e-Methanol & e-ammonia synthesis
- Offshore wind substation packages
- Power-to-X integration studies
PED 2014/68/EU
IEC 61400
H₂ safety
Sector · 03
Petrochem
Refineries, polymers, speciality chemicals. Revamps inside operating plants — surveys, as-built models, tie-in engineering.
- Refinery revamps & debottlenecking
- Polymer & speciality units
- Tie-in & shutdown engineering
- As-built surveys & 3D scanning
Seveso III
HAZOP · LOPA
SIL verification
Sector · 04
Heavy industry
Cement, glass, aluminium, steel. Carbon-intensive sectors under pressure to decarbonise. We engineer the retrofits and abatement systems.
- Cement kiln & preheater retrofits
- Glass furnace efficiency projects
- Aluminium smelter auxiliary systems
- CO₂ capture integration (CAPCO2)
EU ETS · CBAM
BAT · BREF
IED 2010/75/EU
Industrial disciplines
Eight disciplines. All under one project manager.
| Discipline | Scope | Toolchain |
|---|---|---|
| Process | Heat & mass balances, PFDs, equipment sizing, simulation. | Aspen Plus · HYSYS · Unisim |
| P&IDs | Piping & instrumentation diagrams, line lists, valve schedules, tagging discipline. | SmartPlant P&ID · AutoCAD |
| HAZOP & safety | HAZOP chair & scribe, LOPA, SIL verification, ATEX zoning, consequence modelling. | PHAST · PHA-Pro · SILworks |
| CFD & thermal | Combustion, mixing, ventilation, dispersion, heat exchanger design. | ANSYS Fluent · OpenFOAM · FINE |
| Piping & stress | B31.3 / B31.1 compliance, nozzle loads, supports, flexibility analysis. | CAESAR II · AutoPIPE |
| Structural | Steel structures, pipe racks, equipment supports, foundations. | STAAD.Pro · SAP2000 · Tekla |
| Electrical & I&C | Single-line diagrams, load lists, control narratives, SIS design, cable schedules. | ETAP · SmartPlant Electrical |
| 3D plant | Full model, clash detection, iso drawings, bulk MTO. | AVEVA E3D · PDMS · SmartPlant 3D |
Industrial · regulatory services
Two regulatory services. Built for owners with a 2027–2028 horizon.
Closed packages with defined scope, deadline and deliverable. The same senior team that signs the document runs the engineering afterwards.
Regulatory · 01 · Live from 2028
ETS 2 industrial decarbonization
Exposure diagnostic, energy audit with MACC, feasibility studies, basic and detail engineering, and grant-writing for the small-and-mid industry sitting outside ETS 1.
Directive 2023/959
EN 13941
PERTE Decarbonization
See ETS 2 services →
Regulatory · 02 · Data centres > 1 MW
Data centre heat recovery — PAC-ACB
Full Heat Reuse Plan and Cost-Benefit Analysis to the depth the autonomous community's energy-efficiency authority requires for a favourable approval.
Royal Decree · draft
Directive 2023/1791
District heating integration
See PAC-ACB services →
Delivery model
Two offices. One accountable PM.
Design authority in Vigo. Execution bench in Mumbai. Daily four-hour overlap. Deliverables advance 8+ hours per calendar day. The EPC or owner never has to chase two offices.
Vigo · Spain
Design authority.
- Project management & client interface
- Concept & basic engineering
- HAZOP chair, SIL reviews
- Class-society & notified-body liaison
- Design reviews & sign-off
CET working hours
Mumbai · Mumbai
Execution bench.
- Detail engineering deliverables
- 3D modelling & clash detection
- Stress & structural calculations
- Iso drawings & P&ID production
- Bulk MTO & cable schedules
IST · night-shift CET
More productive hours per week
Up to 13 productive hours per day. Six days a week.
Mumbai works Monday to Saturday and starts before Vigo wakes up. When Vigo signs off at 18:00, Mumbai keeps going for another five hours. By the time you're back at your desk, the deliverable has moved.
11:00 – 15:00 CET overlap
English working language
Single PM
A day on a willbö project
00:00 – 06:00 CET
Mumbai · execution
06:00 – 11:00 CET
Mumbai peak bench
11:00 – 15:00 CET
Overlap · reviews · client
15:00 – 19:00 CET
Vigo · sign-off
19:00 – 00:00 CET
Hand-off to Mumbai
How we engage
Three ways an owner or EPC works with us.
Mode · 01
Lump-sum package
Fixed scope, fixed price. Basic or detail engineering package, deliverables list agreed up-front, willbö owns the risk of completing them to spec.
Good fit
Yards & EPCs with a scoped technical deliverable and a hard milestone.
Mode · 02
Bench extension
Named engineers embedded in your project, reporting to your PM on your tools. Time & materials, scalable up and down by month.
Good fit
EPCs absorbing peak load; shipyards covering a discipline gap for 3–12 months.
Mode · 03
Owner's engineer
Technical review, HAZOP chair, EPC oversight on behalf of the owner. The small, senior team that asks the awkward questions before FID.
Good fit
Owners with one major CAPEX programme and no in-house engineering bench.
Products as service
Two in-house products. Deployed as engineering engagements.
CAPCO2 and holö are not SaaS products you download. They're capabilities we bring into an engineering project — packaged, validated, and delivered by the same team that wrote the rest of your design pack.
CAPCO2
TRL 7
AiP · BV
Onboard CO₂ capture.
MEA absorption and modular skid design from the industrial bench, packaged for ships by the marine bench. Validated on ERSHIP's Elena. NEREA consortium.
CAPCO2 product page →
holö
HoloLens 2
Multi-user
Mixed reality for shipbuilding.
Multi-user project review on HoloLens 2. Born inside yard reviews of the marine bench. Now used by industrial clients for plant walkthroughs before steel is cut.
holö product page →Services · in numbers
30+
Engineers across both benches
6
Class societies worked with
4h
Daily Vigo–Mumbai overlap
4–40
Team size per project
Direct line
or a plant that needs engineering?
Marine inquiry
willbo@willbo.es
Industrial · business dev.
julian.fontela@willbo.es
Phone · WhatsApp
+34 637 877 810
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