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.
President of troubled shipbuilder Uljanik resigns
Pula, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 31, 2018 – Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik’s president has resigned to respond to the demands of employees who are on...
Fincantieri and China State Shipbuilding Corporation sign MOU for extension of the industrial cooperation
Trieste, Italy, August 29, 2018 – Press Release – Fincantieri Fincantieri and China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), have signed a Memorandum...
Croatia’s Uljanik shipyard employees launch strike
Pula, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 23, 2018 – Croatian shipbuilding group Uljanik’s employees started a strike on August 22, due to the delay of the...
Greece rejects Piraeus port’s application for shipyard constructionÂ
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 21, 2018 – Greece’s economy ministry has rejected the application of Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) for the...
Croatian financial watchdog approves buyout bid for shipbuilder Viktor Lenac
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – Croatian financial watchdog HANFA has given the green light to the launch of a buyout bid for local...
Italy’s Fincantieri to acquire ICT company Vitrociset
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) August 8, 2018 – Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA has said it signed an agreement to acquire a 98.54% stake in the capital of...
Italy’s Tirrenia constructing 4,200 linear metre ro-ro ship in Germany
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 3, 2018 – Italian ferry company Tirrenia is constructing a new 4,200 linear metre ro-ro ship in the German shipyard...
STX France renamed Chantiers de l’Atlantique
Nantes-St.Nazaire, France (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – The STX France shipyards have been renamed Chantiers de l’Atlantique, a name previously...
Dutch shipbuilder Damen assumes control of Romania’s Mangalia shipyardÂ
Mangalia, Romania (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – Dutch shipbuilder Damen has said it assumed the operational control of the Mangalia shipyard in Romania. The...
Las Palmas port to host 1st International Ship Repair and Supply Summit
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – Las Palmas port will host on April 4 and 5, 2019, the 1st International Ship Repair and Supply Summit, where...
TUI Cruises orders two new cruise ships from Fincantieri
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) July 14, 2018 –Â Fincantieri SpA has been awarded an order for the construction of two new-concept gas powered ships...
AdSP Naples approves 2018-2020 Triennial Operating Plan
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – The Management Committee of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP...
Brodosplit signs new shipbuilding contracts with Fincantieri
Split, Croatia (PortSEurope) July 4, 2018 – Brodogradnja industrija Split and Fincantieri, Italy, have signed two new contracts for the construction of...
€85 million needed for the Palermo basin – AdSP president
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) July 4, 2018 – President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP – Western Sicilian...
Cádiz port to extend concession of  Navantia Cádiz until 2036
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de la BahÃa de Cádiz (APBC – Port Authority of Cadiz) plans to extend the term of...
Galician port shipbuilders start year strongly
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 25, 2018 – The private shipyards of Galicia, the RÃa de Vigo plus Nodosa in Pontevedra, have started the year strong with...
Port community plans to make Vigo a global repair centre
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 25, 2018 – The reformed Federación de Usuarios del Puerto de Vigo (FUPV – Federation of Users of the Port of Vigo),...
Monaco Marine company to invest €50 million in Marseille port mega-yacht facility
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 24, 2018 –Â The supervisory board of the Grand Maritime Port of Marseille (GPMM) has approved the launch of a Monaco...
Palermo port supported by claims to revive shipbuilding
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – The local and national Fiom CGIL (Federazione italiana operai metallurgici/Italian federation of...
Italy’s Vittoria Shipyard delivers tugboat to Algeria’s Skikda port
Skikda, Algeria (PortSEurope) June 18, 2018 – Italian company Cantiere Navale Vittoria SpA, a specialist in the design and construction of military and...