According to the association, the Jaizkibel dredge, built by the Euskalduna shipyards in Bilbao in 1934, was used for six decades to clean the seabed of the Pasaia port until its retirement in 1989. This vessel is one of 2,700 industrial elements inventoried by the Department of Culture of the Basque Government and the Basque Association of Industrial Heritage and Public Works.

In 1992, the Jaizkibel dredge was declared a Basque Cultural Asset with the highest category of "monument." It was the first vessel in Spain included in the National Industrial Heritage Plan and is one of Gipuzkoa's 50 protected cultural assets. The association has denounced that the Pasaia Port Authority, the owner of the dredge, is failing to comply with Law 6/2019 on Basque Cultural Heritage, specifically Title Eight, which mandates the conservation and restoration of such elements.

AVPIOP has indicated that the Port Authority has not only failed to conserve or restore the vessel but has also attempted to scrap it multiple times. The Gipuzkoa Provincial Council, which holds "subsidiary" responsibility in the matter, has intervened to prevent this. The association estimates that the dredge's rehabilitation would require approximately 600,000 euros, suggesting funding sources such as the "2% Cultural" program.

The Gipuzkoa Provincial Council commissioned AVPIOP to conduct an analysis of the Jaizkibel dredge's condition in 2021. This study concluded that, despite deterioration, the ship is "structurally not bad," but its materials are severely corroded, particularly in the stern. Experts anticipate that the deterioration has progressed further over the past five years.