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.
Ferretti Group officially opens its Riva shipyard in La Spezia
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – Today, Ferretti Group officially opened its Riva shipyard in La Spezia. A ceremony attended by Chairman...
Kongsburg Maritime to supply thrusters for tugs bound for Tunisia
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 16, 2024 – Turkish shipbuilder Med Marine has awarded a contract to Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime to supply...
Ferretti confirms Taranto port withdrawal, what next?
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) April 25, 2024 – The luxury group Ferretti has confirmed its withdrawal from a proposed development of the former Belleli...
Rensen-Driessen contracts Romania’s Orsova for two vessels
Bucharest, Romania (Ports Europe) April 24, 2024 – The Netherlands’ Rensen-Driessen Shipbuilding has signed a contract with Romanian...
Cantiere Navale Vittoria seeks restructuring and buyer
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) April 16, 2024 – Cantiere Navale Vittoria, a shipbuilding company, has filed a restructuring plan with the Court of Rovigo....
Vernicos Scafi orders two more tug boats from Med Marine
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 16, 2024 – Vernicos Scafi, the Greek-Italian tug and salvage company, has ordered two more tugboats from Med...
Port of Naples receives new dry dock
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2024 – A new large floating dry dock capable of accommodating vessels up to 230 metres in length and with a lifting...
Balkan Shipyard assembles Damen dredger in Turkmenbashi
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) April 5, 2024 – The Balkan Shipyard and Ship Repair Plant will soon start assembling a Damen CSD650 cutter...
Piraeus-based Nemeca Z receives new multipurpose harbour tug
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 3, 2024 – Piraeus-based Nemeca Z has received a new 25m multipurpose harbour tug, Dias Z, built by Med Marine at...
Greek ship repair activities grew in 2023
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe)- April 2, 2024 – The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) has announced that Greek ship repair activities grew in 2023....
Turkey incentivises local shipbuilding
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 1, 2024 – Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, has announced amended the regulations...
Imported equipment for civil shipbuilding in Russia is 40-90%
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) March 25, 2024 – Sanctions-hit Russia needs hundreds of new ships to compensate for the lost services of global logistics...
Port of Taranto to proceed with Belleli yard area investment
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) March 22, 2024 – Despite the withdrawal of Ferretti from taking over the former Belleli yard, the port authority plans to...
Med Marine wins contract from Vernicos Scafi Group
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 17, 2024 – Med Marine and SVS Maritime, owned by the Vernicos Scafi Group, signed a contract for the construction...
Rimorchiatori Mediterranei increases fleet by two ships
Augusta, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) March 14, 2024 – Towage operator Rimorchiatori Mediterranei has taken delivery of the ‘San Vitale’, a...
Storylines and Brodosplit Shipyard renew ship building contract
Split, Croatia (Ports Europe) March 13, 2024 – Storylines, an operator in the residential ship industry, has renewed a shipbuilding contract with...
Eregli delivers tugboats to Port of Rijeka
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) March 12, 2024 – The Eregli Shipyard in Turkey has delivered two tugboats to the Port of Rijeka in Croatia. The client is...
Fincantieri signs MoU with Alexandria Shipyard, Egypt
Alexandria, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 7, 2024 – The Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Alexandria...
€10 billion for a petrochemical complex and shipbuilding plant in Kazakhstan
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 28, 2024 – South Korean companies Nexstar Engineering and KSTN are considering the construction of a new...
EDGE Group,Fincantieri launch multi-billion joint venture
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 23, 2024 – EDGE, a global leading advanced technology and defence group, and shipbuilder Fincantieri will set up a...