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.
Navantia delivers container ship to Ibaizabal Group
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2018 – Spanish shipbuilder Navantia delivered the oil tanker “Monte Udala” to ship management company...
New Piraeus III dry dock arrives at port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 12, 2018 – The Piraeus Port Authority S.A. has announced the arrival, with the specialized cargo ship “XIN...
Military ships will not be dismantled in Piombino
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) March 12, 2018 – A plan for naval vessels to be dismantled in Piombino port seems unlikely to be realised. The plan was...
Vard awarded contract to build two vessels for Ponant
Tulcea, Romania (Ports Europe) March 10, 2018 – Vard Holdings Limited, a Norwegian company active in the design and construction of special ships, has...
Bordeaux port named international ship recycling site authorised by the EU
Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – In January 2018, the European Union has published a list of international ship recycling sites authorised...
VARD reports high activity in Romanian shipyards
Tulcea, Romania (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Vard Holdings Limited, part of Fincantieri S.p.A., has reported its financial results for q4 2017. Higher...
Piraeus port announces tender for sale and removal of hazardous and harmful ships
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – The Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) has announced the tender procedure for the sale and removal of the...
Costa Cruises orders third new generation ship
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 28, 2018 – Costa Cruises orders a third new generation ship for the German brand Aida Cruises. It will be built by Meyer...
Fincantieri Marinette Marine awarded U.S. Navy contract
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 24, 2018 – Marinette Marine, part of Fincantieri S.p.A., has been awarded a contract by the U.S. navy to...
Italian investor to launch dry dock at Naples port
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 20, 2018 – “Napoli Dry Docks”, a joint venture of Palumbo Group Naples and La Nuova Meccanica Navale srl,...
Baleària orders two ferries from Cantiere Navale Visentini
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 18, 2018 – Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. has reached an agreement with the Italian shipyard Cantiere...
Spain’s Cotnsa leaves Huelva port shipyards
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) February 16, 2018 – Spanish company Astilleros Cotnsa Huelva SA, which resumed activity in the shipyards of Huelva in 2011, will...
Fincantieri and Damen among companies interested in Uljanik shipyard in Croatia
Pula, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 15, 2018 – Trieste-based Fincantieri is one of four companies reported to be interested in investing in the Pula...
COSCO to deliver “Piraeus III” floating dock to Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 – On February 9, the “Piraeus III” floating dock completed by Shanghai COSCO Shipping Heavy...
GNV signs agreement with China’s GSI for new vessels
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 12, 2018 – GNV (Grandi Navi Veloci), a member of the MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company) Group, has announced the...
Fincantieri purchases TSX France for €59.7 million
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 4, 2018 – Fincantieri S.p.A., via subsidiary Fincantieri Europe S.p.A., has signed the share purchase agreement...
Palumbo Shipyards extends his network towards Black Sea
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) January 26, 2018 – Palumbo Shipyards is to extend its network towards Black Sea in order to provide top quality and...
Huelva port seeks to sign ten-year shipyard concession
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) plans to sign a concession for the operation of the...
Sanmar delivers sixth tugboat to Rimochitori Napolitani
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – Sanmar A.Ş., the Turkish tugboat builder, has delivered the sixth and latest example of the relatively...
Baleària presents its first ferries powered by natural gas
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 21, 2018 – Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A., one of the pioneer shipping companies in the use of liquefied...