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.
Italy’s government approves €75.5 million financing for Fincantieri Palermo shipyards
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) May 13, 2019 – Italy’s government has approved a €75.5 million ($85 million) loan for the overhaul of Palermo...
China’s CSIC sees Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik as gateway to Europe
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) sees Croatia’s Uljanik shipyard as a gateway to Europe,...
China’s CSIC considers investments in two Croatian shipbuilders
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) May 2, 2019 – Representatives of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) have visited troubled Croatian shipbuilders...
Jan De Nul requests repayment of instalments by Uljanik
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) April 24, 2019 – Luxembourg-headquartered dredging group Jan De Nul has demanded that Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik d.d. repay...
EU Ship Recycling Rules Look Like Protectionism
Press Release – EU Ship Recycling Rules Look Like Protectionism – BIMCO – April 8, 2019 Only nine shipyards, out of 26, on the EU list of...
Brodotrogir d.d. shipyard enters bankruptcy proceedings
Split, Croatia (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – The Commercial Court in Croatian port of Split has opened pre-bankruptcy procedures over the Brodotrogir...
Croatia government will not support bailout of Uljanik Group
Pula, Croatia (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – The Croatian government cannot endorse the proposed restructuring of the ailing Uljanik Group, as that plan...
Las Palmas port to host ship repair summit
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2019 – Las Palmas port plans to show its strength in the areas of ship repair to 110 companies,...
Princess Cruises confirms order for construction of two cruise ships by Fincantieri
Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – Princess Cruises has confirmed the order for the construction of two cruise ships by Italian naval...
CMA CGM signs two strategic agreements with China State Shipbuilding Corporation
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 27, 2019 – Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping...
Fincantieri acquires minority stake in Genova Industrie Navali & signs cooperation agreement
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 8, 2019 – Trieste-based shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA has reached a cooperation agreement with Genova Industrie...
The steel cutting ceremony of the first patrol vessel ordered to Fincantieri by Qatar took place at Muggiano (La Spezia) yard
Trieste, February 27, 2019 – The steel cutting ceremony of the first patrol vessel (OPV – Offshore Patrol Vessel) ordered to Fincantieri by the...
Fincantieri-built Costa Venezia comes into service
Monfalcone, February 28, 2019 – Today, at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, in the presence of Matteo Salvini, Interior Minister and Deputy Prime...
Government works on business plan for shipbuilding group Uljanik
Pula, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 21, 2019 – Croatian Economy Minister Darko Horvat has said that any restructuring plan for the troubled...
Royal Caribbean Cruises orders sixth Oasis-class ship from Chantiers de l’Atlantique
Nantes St-Nazaire, France (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd has announced an agreement with French shipbuilder Chantiers de...
Italy’s Fincantieri launches Seven Seas Splendor ship
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – Italian shipping group Fincantieri SpA has launched the Seven Seas Splendor ship at its Ancona port...
Brodosplit to become strategic partner of Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 7, 2019 – Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik d.d. has picked domestic sector player Brodogradevna industrija Split...
Fincantieri to establish shipbuilding hub in Palermo
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) February 5, 2019 – Fincantieri SpA and Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP –...
DIV and Fincantieri confirm joint interest in Uljanik shipyard
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri SpA and Croatia’s DIV Group have submitted a joint letter of...
Fincantieri to build ultra-luxury cruise ship for Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 16, 2019 – Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. have signed a contract for the...