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.
Costa Group commits to Marseille port
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) December 5, 2017 –Â 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 –Â 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 –Â 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 Baleà ria
Castropol, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2017 – Astilleros Gondán has a contract to construct four GRP ecofast ferries with a capacity for 350...
Baleà ria incorporates next December an ‘eco fast ferry’ on the Ibiza-Formentera line
Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2017 – At the end of 2017, Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas 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 –Â 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...
Future of Neorion shipyards remains unclear
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) October 7, 2017 – In September 2017, Postlane Partners withdrew its bid for the Neorion shipyards on Greece’s...
Fincantieri’s shipyard in Riva Trigoso starts work on second Multipurpose Offshore Patrol Ship
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 7, 2017 – Fincantieri’s shipyard in Riva Trigoso commenced work on the first Multipurpose Offshore Patrol Ship...
Barcelona port starts project for design of natural gas-fired tugboat
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Barcelona port has launched a project for the operation of a natural gas-fired tugboat, included in its...
Fincantieri partners with British designers on new superyacht concept
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2017 – Fincantieri Yachts is to cooperate with design studios Claydon Reeves and March & White to create...
Rodolfo Giampieri reacts positively to Fincantieri support
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) September 30, 2017 – “The choice of Fincantieri to bet on Ancona is unbelieving to us. We believe it is the result...
Fincantieri plant in Ancona should be expanded
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) September 30, 2017 –Â The Fincantieri plant in Ancona needs to be expanded to build larger ships, according to...