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.
PPA completes upgrade works in Perama shipbuilding repair zone
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 9, 2022 – The Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) has announced the completion of the infrastructure upgrade works in the...
Russian government orders 400 ships
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 25, 2022 – Russia’s Ministry of Transport has placed an order for 400 cargo ships built at Russian shipyards...
Russia considers adding river-sea cruise ships
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 3, 2022 – Russia is considering adding river-sea cruise ships to its fleet, reports the TASS news agency. It said...
Piraeus Port Authority – 9-month traffic figures
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) October 28, 2022 – Piraeus Port Authority has reported traffic figures for the first nine months of 2022. Containers...
Cemre Shipyard signs contract with Molslinjen A/S for two ships
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 19, 2022 – Cemre Shipyard has signed a contract with Molslinjen A/S for two ships. The contract is for two...
Baleària launches the first electric ferry in Spain for passengers and cargo
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 29, 2022 – Baleària has launched the first electric ferry in Spain for cargo and passengers with zero...
Greek parliament votes to support Elefsina Shipyards
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) September 1, 2022 – The Greek parliament has voted to support Elefsina Shipyards. The bill “Sanitation of the...
Croatia’s Brodosplit to build luxury passenger vessel
Split, Croatia (PortSEurope) August 24, 2022 – Shipbuilder Brodosplit is to build a luxury, 753-foot passenger vessel with 547 private residences on...
Tersan Shipyard to build factory fishing ship
Yalova, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 3, 2022 – Tersan Shipyard has signed contract with Nordbank Hochseefischerei GmbH for the building of an 88.1...
Kazakhstan plans to create its own ferry fleet in the Caspian Sea by 2030
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) July 31, 2022 – Kazakhstan plans to create its own ferry fleet in the Caspian Sea by 2030 with 10 ferries stationed in...
Work starts in dry dock in Ancona on “Seven Seas Grandeur”
Trieste, July 12, 2022 – The keel laying ceremony was held today at the Ancona shipyard for “Seven Seas Grandeur”, the third luxury cruise ship that...
Port of Huelva renews Nuevo Astillero de Huelva concession
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) July 19, 2022 – The Port Authority of Huelva will renew the concession to the Nuevo Astillero de Huelva shipyard. The...
Western sanctions bite against Russia’s shipping
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 18, 2022 – Western sanctions-hit Russia is in dire need of attracting additional fleet capacity, especially in the...
Viking Saturn floated out in Port of Ancona
Trieste, June 23, 2022 – “Viking Saturn”, the newest ocean cruise ship which Fincantieri is building for the shipowner Viking, has been floated...
Pre-bankruptcy proceedings start for Brodosplit
Split, Croatia (Ports Europe) May 24, 2022 – Pre-bankruptcy proceedings have been launched for the Brodosplit shipbuilding company. Brodosplit said...
Fincantieri Palermo shipyard starts work on Qatar contract
The keel laying of the amphibious vessel (LPD – Landing Platform Dock) ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defence within the national naval...
USA sanctions Russia’s state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation
Washington, USA (PortSEurope) April 8, 2022 – Yesterday the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) redesignated...
Kongsberg and Navantia sign agreement for the modernization of Norwegian frigates
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) March 20, 2022 – Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) and Navantia SA have signed an Memorandum of...
The Grimaldi Group takes delivery of the Eco Malta, the sixth of 12 units ordered from the Chinese Jinling shipyard
The delivery of the Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) class vessels is now halfway – March 3, 2022 Yesterday the Grimaldi Group took delivery of the...
Sanmar Shipyards completes record number of vessels in a month
Sanmar Shipyards is celebrating completing a record number of vessels within one calendar month, with six tugs and two pilot boats gaining their class...