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.
Huelva port authority to terminate Astilleros Cotnsa concession deal
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) January 19, 2018 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) has said it plans to terminate the concession contract...
Gas Natural to supply LNG to two Baleària eco ferries
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 19, 2018 – Spanish company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. and energy group Gas Natural Fenosa S.A. have signed...
Fincantieri and Monfalcone sign school-work development agreement
Trieste, Italy, January 17, 2018 – The mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, and the CEO of Fincantieri S.p.A., Giuseppe Bono, has signed two agreements,...
Fincantieri signs cooperation protocol with Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia
Trieste, Italy, January 17, 2018 – Fincantieri S.p.A., the Italian shipbuilder, has signed an agreement with the autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia...
Spain’s CLH to receive new oil tanker in H1 2019
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) January 5, 2018 – Spanish fuel distributor Compañía Logística de Hidrocarburos (CLH) has said that it expects to receive...
Chinese eye investment in Elefsina port
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 6, 2017 – The port of Elefsina, in West Attica and 18 km northwest of Piraeus port, is the location of Elefsis...
Costa Group commits to Marseille port
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) December 5, 2017 – The Costa Group, the leading tourism group, the No. 1 cruiser in Europe has renewed its commitment to...
Bulgaria makes first appearance at major shipbuilding expo
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) November 22, 2017 – The Executive Agency for Promotion of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (BSMEPA) has organized...
Astican opens new facilities at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – Spanish shipbuilder and ship repair company Astilleros Canarios S.A. (Astican) has officially opened its...
Fincantieri seeks to delist Vard
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) November 13, 2017 – Fincantieri O&G, a subsidiary of Fincantieri S.p.A. plans to privatise the Singapore-listed Vard...
Region expresses concern over Fincantieri shipyard in Castellammare
Castellammare, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – There are concerns regarding the future of the Fincantieri shipyard in Castellammare where a...
Astilleros Gondán to build four eco-ferries for Baleària
Castropol, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2017 – Astilleros Gondán has a contract to construct four GRP ecofast ferries with a capacity for 350...
Baleària incorporates next December an ‘eco fast ferry’ on the Ibiza-Formentera line
Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2017 – At the end of 2017, Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. will introduce the first vessel of a series of...
Uljanik shipyard deliver last of 11 vessels to Grimaldi Group
Pula, Croatia (PortSEurope) November 5, 2017 – The Grande Colonia, the last in a string of 11 Pure Car Truck Carriers (PCTC) built by the Uljanik yard...
Cantiere Navale Rossini signs concesson agreement with Pesaro port authority
Pesaro, Italy (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Centrale (Central Adriatic Sea Port Authority)...
Forme 10 in Marseille: the biggest dry dock in the Mediterranean now fully operational
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Dry dock no. 10 of Marseille port, the biggest dock in the Mediterranean area and one of the biggest...
Marseille port’s Graving Dock No. 10 (Forme 10) is back in operation
Marseille, October 20, 2017 – Dry dock no. 10 of Marseille Port, the biggest dock in the Mediterranean area and one of the biggest in the world, becomes...
Italy’s Lisa Group to invest €15 million in factory at Pesaro port
Pesaro, Italy (PortSEurope) October 25, 2017 – Italian company Lisa Group S.r.l. plans to invest €15 million ($17.7 million) in the reconstruction of a...
D’Amico to invest $131 million in construction of three LR1 tankers
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – d’Amico International Shipping plans to invest $131 million (€111 million) in the construction of its...
Italy’s Fincantieri starts building sixth cruise ship for Viking
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri S.p.A. has started the construction in Ancona of the sixth unit of a series of...