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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.

ELSTAT – Greek Ship Repairing Industry, 2021-2022

The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announces data of the survey on the activities of the Greek Ship Repairing Industry – 2021-2022 According to...

Giorgos Prokopiou takes over Skaramangas Shipyards – officially

Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) March 23, 2023 – Investor Giorgos Prokopiou has officially taken over Skaramangas Shipyards. A ceremony was held in Athens...

Ferretti ready to buy the San Vitale shipyard in Ravenna

Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) March 1, 2023 – Forlì-based Ferretti Group is ready to buy the San Vitale shipyard in Marina di Ravenna from the local...

Fincantieri signs agreement with Abu Dhabi Ship Building

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) February 23, 2023 – International shipbuilder Fincantieri Spa has signed an industrial cooperation agreement with Abu Dhabi...

Italy’s Fincantieri, Leonardo sign MOUs in Greece

Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) February 14, 2023 – Italian companies Fincantieri and Leonardo have signed a number of Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs)...

United Shipbuilding Corporation to build four vessels in Astrakhan

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) February 7, 2023 – United Shipbuilding Corporation will build four multipurpose dry bulk / container carriers in...

Fincantieri launches amphibious vessel for Qatar in Palermo

Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) January 25, 2023 – Shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA has launched the “Al Fulk” amphibious vessel (LPD – Landing...

Navantia to invest €43 million in the Puerto Real (Cádiz) shipyard

Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2023 – Spanish shipbuilder Navantia will invest €43 million in the Puerto Real (Cádiz) shipyard. It will...

Chantiers de l’Atlantique’s Solid Sail rig installed on first sailing cargo ship

Chantiers de l’Atlantique’s Solid Sail rig to be installed on the first sailing cargo ship – January 18, 2023 The Solid Sail technology,...

Grimaldi orders five new car & truck vessels from China

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) January 16, 2023 – Italian shipping and logistics company Grimaldi has started the year by ordering five new PCTC (Pure Car...

Iran orders ship to operate from Russia’s Caspian Sea port of Solyanka

Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) January 5, 2023 – The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) has ordered a new cargo vessel from Russia to operate...

GTT leaves Russia in a blow to country’s LNG industry

Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, France (Ports Europe) – In another major blow for Russian gas and shipbuilding industries, the global leader in liquefied...

EBRD to provide a $100 million loan to Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 30, 2022 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will finance the development of...

Delegation from Dagestan visits Baku Shipyard

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 29, 2022 – Leader of the Republic of Dagestan, Sergey Malikov, has visited the Baku Shipyard LLC, heading a...

Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping has ordered another vessel from Baku Shipyard

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 29, 2022 – Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping CJSC (ASCO) has ordered another Ro-pax vessel from Baku Shipyard LLC....

The United States imposes sanctions on Russian naval entities

Washington, United States (PortSEurope) December 26, 2022 – The U.S. is imposing new sanctions on 10 Russian naval entities this time over Russian operations...

Fincantieri to build new Hydro-Oceanographic Ship for the Italian Navy

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 23, 2022 – As part of an European Union tender for the Defence and Security sector, Fincantieri has signed a contract...

Greece’s ONEX signs shipbuilding contract with Fincantieri

Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) December 20, 2022 – Fincantieri and ONEX Shipyards & Technologies Group have signed an agreement to establish a...

Sestri shipyards under development in Port of Genoa

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 16, 2022 – The Sestri Ponente shipyards in the Port of Genoa are being developed into a state-of-the-art super dock....

In Russia, in one day, 400 ships needed became 400 ships ordered

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) December 12, 2022 – Russian officials, desperately trying to please President Vladimir Putin and to feed good news to the...

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