The Emirati maritime-port and logistics group AD Ports has increased its activity in the construction segment and ship repairs, currently limited to the Safeen Drydocks shipyard of the port of Khalifa, with the acquisition of the shipyard Spanish Astilleros Balenciaga of Zumaia, on the Bay of Biscay. The entire share capital of the Iberian private company is was bought for 11.2 million euros by Safeen Drydock which makes part of the Middle Eastern group's Noatum Maritime.

Astilleros Balenciaga has two dry docks, a slipway of 105 meters, of a plant of 22,385 square meters and a cutting and production plant of 3,530 square meters Paintings. AD Ports highlighted that it is one of the very few Spanish shipyards specialized in the construction of Service Operation Vessels that serve as floating bases for parks offshore wind turbines, as well as research vessels, support vessels for the offshore industry and tugboats.