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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.

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...

Intesa Sanpaolo is to lend €5.5 million to Piombino Industrie Marittime srl

Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) February 25, 2022 – The Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo is to lend €5.5 million to Piombino Industrie Marittime srl, a...

Navantia plans expansion to Ferrol port shipyard

Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2022 – The Ferrol-San Cibrao Port Authority has approved the Navantia project for the redevelopment of the Fene...

Fincantieri floats new “Viking Neptune”

Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) January 19, 2022 – “Viking Neptune”, the newest ocean cruise ship which Fincantieri is building for the shipowner...

Fincantieri Muggiano shipyard in La Spezia start submarine production work

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 12, 2022 – Fincantieri has started production activities for the first of two new-generation submarines, as part...

Ah Camogli (RR), Etrusco (Elbana di Navigazione) and two ships of Grimaldi under the care of Besiktas Shipyard

Cooperation between Italian ship owners and Besiktas Shipyard dates back to more than 10 years, and Besiktas Shipyard holds the leadership position in Italy...

Dry dock removed from Port of Palermo

Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) January 6, 2022 – A 19,000-ton dry dock has been removed from the Port of Palermo, an action that will free up...

Port of Vigo plans shipbuilding facility

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 22, 2021 – The Port Authority of Vigo is planning a tender to develop a shipbuilding and repair faciity to occupy a...

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