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.
Morocco studies new shipyard in Agadir port
Agadir, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 15, 2019 – Following a feasibility study, the Provincial Directorate of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water...
Constanta port to benefit from Naval Group contract
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) July 3, 2019 – The Romanian government has announced that Naval Group of France and the local Şantierul Naval...
Uljanik Shipbuilding cancels CLdN contract
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) May 22, 2019 – Due to the bankruptcy of Uljanik d.d., the company will no longer be able to fulfil a contract with CLdN...
China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation visits Rijeka port
Zagreb, Croatia (PortSEurope) May 21, 2019 – Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts Darko Horvat reported that a delegation of the China...
Croatia’s Pazin court launches bankruptcy proceedings against Uljanik Group
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) May 17, 2019 – Croatia’s Pazin court has launched bankruptcy proceedings against the Uljanik Group, the parent of...
Bankruptcy proceedings for Uljanik shipyard is not the end; Chinese interest
News Release – Government of Croatia – Opening of bankruptcy proceedings for Uljanik shipyard is not the end – May 13, 2019 Prime Minister...
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...