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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.

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...

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 construction 

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 shipyard 

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 –  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...

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