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.
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...
Fincantieri’s Castellammare di Stabia shipyard to build second Logistic Support for the Italian Navy
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) December 21, 2021 – The Fincantieri SpA-led consortium Raggruppamento Temporaneo di Impresa (RTI) has been awarded a €410...
Ports of Tenerife strengthens the infrastructure for naval repair in the eastern dock
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 17, 2021 – The Board of Directors of the Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife...
French shipbuilder Piriou acquires Romanian shipyard
Bucharest, Romania (PortSEurope) December 15, 2021 – Brittany-based French shipbuilder Chantiers Piriou has acquired ATG Shipyard on the Danube in...
Sanmar Shipyards and Corvus Energy sign historic deal at TugTechnology
Leading tugboat-builder Sanmar Shipyards and energy storage systems provider Corvus Energy signed a historic co-operation agreement at TugTechnology 2021 to...
Sanmar acquires third shipyard in Turkey.
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 8, 2021 – Tugboat builder Sanmar has announced that it has acquired a third shipyard in Turkey, in addition to...
Ferretti’s investment in Taranto to go ahead
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) December 8, 2021 – A meeting of Contratto istituzionale di sviluppo per Taranto has produced an agreement that will allow...