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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.

Palumbo Superyacht Savona srl ​​awarded port concession

Savona, Italy (PortSEurope) November 18, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port...

Shipbuilding in ports of La Spezia and Marina di Carrara to be discussed in December

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 14, 2018 – On December 3, 2018, there will be a meeting in Genoa to discuss the shipbuilding industry in the...

San Giorgio del Porto included in list of ship breakers authorized by the EU

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 10, 2018 – The ship repair yard San Giorgio del Porto SpA (SGdP) has been included in the list of ship breakers...

Fincantieri: The Chinese cruise hub established

Trieste, Italy, November 5, 2018 In the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Minister of Economic development and Labour Luigi Di Maio and...

Italy’s Fincantieri establishes cruise hub in China

Shanghai, China (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 – Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA has signed a contract for the creation of an industrial hub for cruise,...

Spain’s Zamakona shipyard delivers bunkering ship to Suardiaz Group

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) October 26, 2018 – Spanish shipbuilder Zamakona Yards (Astilleros Zamakona S.A.) has officially signed the delivery protocol of...

Damen withdraws interest for Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) October 18, 2018 – Dutch defence, shipbuilding and engineering conglomerate Damen has withdrawn its interest in investing in...

Fincantieri to build four luxury cruise ships for MSC Cruises

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) October 18, 2018 – MSC Cruises and Fincantieri have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the...

Barreras shipyard to build ferry ship for Naviera Armas

Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) October 15, 2018 – Canarian shipping company Naviera Armas SA and the Barreras shipyard (Hijos de J....

Uljanik terminates Wellard Ships build contract

Pula, Croatia (PortSEurope) October 15, 2018 – Wellard Ships Pte Ltd, the Singapore subsidiary of Wellard, has been informed of the termination of the...

Three companies compete for Ravenna port’s former Mondomarine yards concession

Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) October 14, 2018 – The final decision on the new concessionaire of the former Mondomarine yards was due last week but has...

Algoma Central Corporation announces cancellation of Croatian shipbuilding contracts

Pula, Croatia (PortSEurope) October 13, 2018 – Algoma Central Corporation, a leading provider of marine transportation services, has said it has taken...

Ukrainian entrepreneur shows interest in Croatian troubled shipyards

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) October 12, 2018 – Ukrainian entrepreneur Vadim Novinski has expressed interest in investing in Croatian troubled shipbuilders...

Sicilian trade unions call for investment in Fincantieri’s Palermo port shipyards

Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – Sicilian trade unions Fiom and CGIL Palermo have requested a meeting with the commissioner Girolamo...

Italy’s Palumbo completes takeover bid for Viktor Lenac in Croatia

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) October 2, 2018 – Naples-based shipbuilding group Palumbo has successfully completed the takeover bid for Croatian sector...

Port Said to receive two vessels produced by Germany’s Voith in 2019

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 28, 2018 – Port Said expects to receive in 2019 two vessels to facilitate the handling of ships, produced by German...

La Ciotat Shipyards selects MB92 as long-term partner

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 27, 2018 – La Ciotat Shipyards has selected MB92 as a long-term partner and financial investor in the...

Vittoria Shipyard launches tugboat destined for Russian navy

Chioggia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – Cantiere Navale Vittoria SpA has launched at its Adria shipyard the РИМ-MОСКВА (Rome...

Italy’s Palumbo takeover bid for Viktor Lenac is successful

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) September 21, 2018 – Naples-based Palumbo’s offer for the acquisition of the entire capital of Croatian shipbuilder...

Vigo port to launch Ritz Carlton Yacht vessel in October

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 9, 2018 – Shipbuilder Hijos de J. Barreras plans to launch a new luxury cruise ship for the Ritz Carlton Yacht...

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