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.
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...
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...