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Fincantieri S.p.A.

Trieste-based Fincantieri is one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups and number one by diversification and innovation. It is a leader in cruise ship design and construction and a reference player in all high-tech shipbuilding industry’s sectors, from naval to offshore vessels, from high-complexity special vessels and ferries to mega-yachts, ship repairs and conversions, systems and components production and after-sales services.

Italy’s Fincantieri to acquire ICT company Vitrociset

Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) August 8, 2018 – Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA has said it signed an agreement to acquire a 98.54% stake in the capital of...

STX France renamed Chantiers de l’Atlantique

Nantes-St.Nazaire, France (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – The STX France shipyards have been renamed Chantiers de l’Atlantique, a name previously...

AdSP Naples approves 2018-2020 Triennial Operating Plan

Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – The Management Committee of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP...

Brodosplit signs new shipbuilding contracts with Fincantieri

Split, Croatia (PortSEurope) July 4, 2018 – Brodogradnja industrija Split and Fincantieri, Italy, have signed two new contracts for the construction of...

€85 million needed for the Palermo basin – AdSP president

Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) July 4, 2018 – President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP – Western Sicilian...

MSC Cruises new flagship to use Barcelona as home port

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – MSC Cruises has officially received, its new flagship, the “MSC Seaview”, in the Fincantieri de...

Genoa shipyard Ente Bacini attracts just one privatisation bid

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 24, 2018 – The Ente Bacini SRL shipyard (five basins) is to be privatised but has attracted just one bid. A joint bid...

Ancona port to launch project for construction of new cruise dock

Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) May 17, 2018 – Ancona port plans to launch a project for the construction of a new dock for cruise ships and to relocate the...

VARD Q1 2018 financial statement comments of Romanian port activity

Tulcea, Romania (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – The shipbuilder VARD has reported its Q! 2018 financial results and commented on the activities at its...

Call for investment in Venice port shipyards

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2018 – The Carnival Horizon cruise ship was built at the Fincantieri shipyard in Porto Marghera, but was presented...

Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industry shipyard in Romania nationalised

Bucharest, Romania (Ports Europe) March 26, 2018 – Romania’s Economy Ministry has reached an agreement with Dutch group Damen to take control of the...

Vard awarded contract to build two vessels for Ponant

Tulcea, Romania (Ports Europe) March 10, 2018 – Vard Holdings Limited, a Norwegian company active in the design and construction of special ships, has...

VARD reports high activity in Romanian shipyards

Tulcea, Romania (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Vard Holdings Limited, part of Fincantieri S.p.A., has reported its financial results for q4 2017. Higher...

Costa Cruises starts sales for inaugural cruise of Costa Venezia ship

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Costa Cruises has opened sales for the inaugural cruise of Costa Venezia, the new ship of the Italian company...

Fincantieri Marinette Marine awarded U.S. Navy contract

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 24, 2018 – Marinette Marine, part of Fincantieri S.p.A., has been awarded a contract by the U.S. navy to...

Fincantieri and Damen among companies interested in Uljanik shipyard in Croatia

Pula, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 15, 2018 – Trieste-based Fincantieri is one of four companies reported to be interested in investing in the Pula...

Fincantieri purchases TSX France for €59.7 million

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 4, 2018 – Fincantieri S.p.A., via subsidiary Fincantieri Europe S.p.A., has signed the share purchase agreement...

Fincantieri and Monfalcone sign school-work development agreement

Trieste, Italy, January 17, 2018 – The mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, and the CEO of Fincantieri S.p.A., Giuseppe Bono, has signed two agreements,...

Fincantieri signs cooperation protocol with Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia

Trieste, Italy, January 17, 2018 – Fincantieri S.p.A., the Italian shipbuilder, has signed an agreement with the autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia...

Fincantieri looks for more space in Ancona port

Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) January 6, 2018 – Fincantieri, the Trieste-based shipbuilder, has requested €40 million ($48.1 million) in state aid to...

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