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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.

€80 million for Ancona port and Fincantieri’s shipyard

Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) November 14, 2023 – Italy’s Central Adriatic Sea Port System Authority (ADSP) and Trieste-based Fincantieri, one of the...

DFC signs deal to invest $125 mln in Elefsina Shipyards, Greece

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 7, 2023 – The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has signed a financing agreement for a $125...

Fincantieri’s VARD to build two vessels for Windward Offshore

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) October 24, 2023 – Fincantieri’s VARD division will build two hybrid Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOV)...

Government withdraws €5 mln from Ferretti project in Taranto

Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) October 22, 2023 – The Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport has cut €5 million of public funding for securing and...

Fincantieri Palermo shipyard to build new ferry

Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) October 19, 2023 – Fincantieri has signed a circa €120 million contract to build a Ropax Class A ferry for Regione...

Baku Shipyard, Damen Shipyards Gorinchem sign dredger contract

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) October 18, 2023 – Baku Shipyard LLC and the Dutch Damen Shipyards Gorinchem have signed a contract for the construction...

Sanctions busting: Russia to buy a “friendly fleet”

Vladivostok, Russia (Ports Europe) September 15, 2023 – Cornered by Western sanctions, Russia is planning to start subsidising the purchase of a...

Grimaldi receives second G5 multipurpose Ro-Ro vessel

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) September 5, 2023 – The Great Lagos vessel was delivered at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd. in Ulsan (South Korea) and...

Second attempt to sell Uljanik shipyard fails

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 28, 2023 – No bids were received in an auction for Croatian shipyard Uljanik Brodogradnja 1856. Available for...

Damen ends interest in Mangalia shipyard, Romania

Manglia, Romania (Ports Europe) August 7, 2023 – Damen Holding BV has ended its legal agreement on Mangalia shipyard with the government....

FESCO visits Astrakhan shipbuilding plant

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) July 28, 2023 – A delegation of the FESCO Transport Group, headed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors Andrey...

Port of Cagliari opens new shipbuilding centre for pleasure craft

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 18, 2023 – The Port of Cagliari has opened a new shipbuilding centre for pleasure craft in Porto Canale. It...

ONEX Shipyards receives funding to develop Elefsis Shipyards

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 7, 2023 – The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) will provide $125 million in funds for ONEX...

Fincantieri: Keel laying in Castellammare of “Atlante LESS”

Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) June 29, 2023 – Today, in the Castellammare di Stabia shipyard the keel laying ceremony of the second Logistic Support Ship...

Fincantieri and Greek ONEX Shipyards to expand cooperation

Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) June 21, 2023 – Italy’s Fincantieri and Greek ONEX Shipyards are to expand cooperation with the production and...

Port of Baku signs contract with Damen Shipyards Gorinchem

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 7, 2023 – A contract has been signed by Baku International Sea Trade Port JSC, Baku Shipbuilding Plant LLC and Damen...

Iran adds ships to Caspian Sea fleet

Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) June 6, 2023 – Fifteen commercial ships have been added to Iran’s Caspian Sea fleet, reports the Ports and Maritime...

Sanctions force Russia to buy foreign-made cargo ships

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 30, 2023 – Forced by Western sanctions and the inability of local shipyards to construct new vessels fast enough, Russian...

FESCO fights sanctions with new ship repair division

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 24, 2023 – The logistics group FESCO has announced plans to create a ship repair division, a direct response to Western...

Expansion works start at the Port of Arzew, Algeria

Arzew, Algeria (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – Expansion works have started at the port of Arzew to construct two berths dedicated to ship repair. Last...

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