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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.

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...

Fincantieri studies data room of Croatia’s Uljanik

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Italian company Fincantieri SpA and Australia’s Scenic Group are studying the data room of Croatian...

European Commission to investigate proposed purchase of Chantiers de l’Atlantique by Fincantieri

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) January 9, 2019 – The European Commission has announced that it is launching an investigation into the proposed purchase of...

Croatia’s Uljanik extends bid period for interested parties

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) January 7, 2019 – Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik d.d. has extended the time period available for interested parties to respond...

Croatia’s Uljanik cancels strategic partnership with Kermas Energija

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik has cancelled a decision to select investment company Kermas Energija as a...

Ukraine looks to improve local ship repair activities

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has invited representatives of local ship repair companies...

Fincantieri publishes new Sustainability Plan

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – The Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has published its Sustainability Plan, which it describes as...

Two bids for troubled Uljanik Shipyard expected soon

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) December 13, 2018 – Croatia’s government may receive offers for a strategic partnership in troubled Uljanik Shipyard in...

Palumbo applies for ship repair concession in Granadilla port

Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2018 – Spanish company Palumbo Tenerife Shipyard, a subsidiary of Italy’s Palumbo Group,...

Fincantieri: Dry dock work starts on first corvette for Qatar

FINCANTIERI: DRY DOCK WORKS START ON THE FIRST CORVETTE FOR QATAR – November 27, 2018 Trieste, November 27, 2018 – The keel laying ceremony of  the...

Fincantieri announces major investments at Port Marghera

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 – According to an announcement by Fincantieri SpA managing director Giuseppe Bono during the presentation of...

German lender Nord/LB to extend €49.9 million loan to Croatia’s Jadroplov

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 – Croatian shipping company Jadroplov d.d. plans to borrow a €49.9 million ($56.6 million) loan from German...

Damen gets concession to operate shipyard in Montenegro

Bijela, Montenegro (PortSEurope) November 29, 2018 – Montenegro has approved a concession contract for the operation of Adriatic Bijela JSC Shipyard for a...

STX France completes shipyard expansion in Saint-Nazaire

Nantes St-Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – French shipbuilder STX France has completed a project for the expansion of the area dedicated...

Fincantieri starts construction of biggest cruise ship ever built in Italy

Monfalcone, Italy (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA has started the construction of the MSC Seashore cruise ship of MSC...

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