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.
Greek finance ministry to review PPA shipbuilding development application
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) June 14, 2020 – The Greek Council of State (CoE), the country’s highest administrative court, has annulled an...
Turkey’s Uzmar to build tug for Port of Aarhus
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 8, 2020 – Uzmar Shipyard has signed a contract to build a RAmparts 3000 series newbuild tugboat for the Port of...
Croatian government supports return of shipbuilding in Pula
Pula, Croatia (Ports Europe) June 4, 2020 – The Government has indicated its readiness to create preconditions for starting shipbuilding activities in...
Russia prepares new rules for the localization of shipbuilding
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 1, 2020 – The Ministry of Industry and Trade has prepared a revised Resolution 719 (import substitution) to include...
Fincantieri confirms work in Palermo port until 2022
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 27, 2020 – The Fincantieri SpA shipbuilding facility in Palermo has a guaranteed workload until 2022, the...
Ferretti Group reported to be considering Taranto port facility
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) May 21, 2020 – CEO of Ferretti Group, Alberto Galassi, is reported by local sources to have been in Taranto to meet Senator...
Last year, 73 ships were repaired at ASCO’s Bibiheybat shipyard
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) April 20, 2020 – The Bibiheybat shipyard of Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO) repaired 73 ships in 2019. Of...
Fincantieri’s VARD wins Asian ship contract
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 17, 2020 – VARD, a subsidiary of Italy’s Fincantieri SpA, has signed a new contract for the design and...
Meeting between Ferretti Group and the government on the future of the nautical sector
News – Meeting between Ferretti Group and the Government on the future of the nautical sector – April 7, 2020 A first meeting was held in Taranto...
Fincantieri’s Vard signs contract with P/F Akraberg
VARD, Fincantieri’s subsidiary and one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels, signed an important contract for the design and...
Fincantieri suspends production activities for two weeks
Trieste, March 13, 2020 – Following the Coronavirus emergency and in order to apply the measures that the Italian Government has gradually determined,...
Croatian government prepared to offer guarantees for 2 Maj shipyard
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) March 10, 2020 – The government has said that guarantees of 48% of the value of new ships for the Australian Scenic Group...
Franco-Italian summit: governments give full support to Naval Group and Fincantieri cooperation
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) March 3, 2020 – The port of Naples has hosted the XXXV Italian-French intergovernmental summit, where the governments...
Naval Group unveils cooperation plan with Greece
During an event at the French Embassy on February 13, France’s Naval Group unveiled its long-term cooperation plan developed to support the acquisition...
Fincantieri strengthens strategic partnership with Qatar
Fincantieri strengthens strategic partnership with Qatar – Trieste, January 24, 2020 Fincantieri, one of the world’s top shipbuilding groups, and...
MSC Cruises & Chantiers de l’Atlantique sign contracts for construction LNG-powered MSC ships
MSC Cruises and Chantiers de l’Atlantique sign firm contracts for construction of third and fourth LNG-powered MSC World Class ships. Partnership further...
Naviris, the JV between Fincantieri and Naval Group is now fully operational
The first board meeting of Naviris, the joint venture between Fincantieri and Naval Group, took place. This partnership cements the shared desire of the two...
Meeting of Greece-South Korea parliamentary group with ambassador of South Korea
Parliament of Greece – Athens, December 16, 2019 The Chairman of the Greece-South Korea Friendship Group, Hara Kafantari, the Vice-President of the...
Minister promotes investment in Fincantieri’s Genoa facility
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) December 18, 2019 – Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Paola De Micheli, has visited the Fincantieri SpA shipbuilding...
Floating dock “Piraeus II” is available again for ship repair works
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) December 17, 2019 – Piraeus Port Authority SA has announced that the “Piraeus II” floating dock has been...