Shipbuilding/Repair
Port activities associated with shipbuilding and ship repair. Includes both military vessels and cruise ship building. Also covered is ship repair and oil platform servicing.
Fincantieri starts building new-concept luxury cruise ships for MSC Cruises
The first steel of “Explora I”, the first of four new-concept luxury cruise ships that Fincantieri is building for Explora Journeys, the new luxury brand...
Fincantieri and Comau together for innovation of production processes with robotics
Trieste/Grugliasco (Turin), May 20, 2021 – Fincantieri and Comau, two Italian excellences and world leaders in their respective reference markets, signed a...
Vulcano Shipyard wins auction for floating docks in Port of Palermo
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 17, 2021 – The local Vulcano Shipyard srl has won the auction for the purchase of the two floating docks,...
Trade unions discuss Palermo port issues with AdSP manager
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 10, 2021 – Am eeting between trade union organizations and the president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del...
CMA CGM Group announces the order of 22 new vessels
April 30, 2021 The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, signed today with CSSC (China State Shipbuilding Corporation) Group an order for: 6...
Piraeus Port Authority continues investments in Ship Repair Zone in Perama
Piraeus Port Authority has announced the approval of the tender evaluation regarding the “Supply of two (2) double level luffing jib cranes for the...
Elstat: Greek ship repairing industry – 2020
The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announces data of the survey on the activities of the Greek Ship Repairing Industry in 2020 – March 25, 2021...
Work progresses on the first LNG supply vessel built in Spain
Project is driven by Knutsen OAS Shipping AS and Enagás, through a joint venture of its subsidiary Scale Gas, that will build the bunking vessel – March...
Russia proposes to delay localisation of shipbuilding law
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) March 18, 2021 – The Russian government is set to postpone the introduction of a scoring system for calculating the...
Grimaldi orders new six new Ro-Ro multipurpose vessels
The Grimaldi Group continues investing to upgrade and modernize its fleet. Today, with the signing of an agreement worth over $500 million, the Neapolitan...
Orcelle Wind: Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s first full-scale wind-powered Ro-Ro ship
Oslo, Norway (Ports Europe) February 18, 2021 – Wallenius Wilhelmsen, a leading market operater in Ro-Ro shipping and vehicle logistics, has...
Contract with Greenland’s Royal Greenland company for fourth factory ship from Bilbao port shipyard
The shipyard Murueta, part of Astilleros de Murueta S.A., has signed a contract with the shipowner Qaleralik (a part of Greenland’s Royal Greenland publicly...
Fincantieri signs for a concession to develop shipbuilding in Palermo port
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) December 15, 2020 – The Trieste-based shipbuiding group Fincantieri SpA has signed an agreement with Autorita’ di...
Piraeus Port Authority to proceed with ship repair facility development
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 9, 2020 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) has announced the signing of the agreement to proceed with the project:...
Drydocks World expands into Montenegro, Eastern Mediterranean
Drydocks World, a DP World company, joins consortium to transform the Bijela Shipyard, Montenegro, into a world-class superyacht service, maintenance, repair...
Chantiers de l’Atlantique-Fincantieri merger delayed until year-end
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) November 6, 2020 – A few days before the merger of France’s Chantiers de l’Atlantique and Italy’s...
NIBULON ranks first among Ukrainian shipyards
Having analyzed the working results of the Ukrainian shipyards in 2019, the Association of Shipbuilders of Ukraine (Ukrsudprom) has acknowledged NIBULON...
Piombino Industrie Marittime (Pim) signs Piombino port concession agreement
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) October 25, 2020 – Piombino Industrie Marittime (Pim) and Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale...
HySHIP project clinches €8 million funding award
Ground-breaking maritime innovation project is granted EUR 8m in European funding as Norwegian government announces strengthened focus on development and...
MSC Cruises to implement next-generation air sanitation system developed by Fincantieri for the cruise industry
Trieste, Italy and Geneva, Switzerland 21st October 2020 – Fincantieri, in close cooperation with the virology lab of the International Center for...