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.
MSC Crusies and Fincantieri mark float out of the line’s next flagship MSC Seascape
MSC Seascape is one of three MSC Cruises ships currently under construction, two of which will be delivered in 2022 following the two that already came into...
Vigo Ship Repair relaunched in Galicia
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 18, 2021 – The Vigo Ship Repair platform has been relaunched by over 20 local companies, businesses and associations...
Sanmar deal will see first Tier III tugs in Italian ports
Sanmar Shipyards has signed a contract to deliver two cleaner and greener versions of its Bogacay series of tugs to Sicily-based operator Rimorchiatori Augusta...
Fincantieri and Navantia agree to boost collaboration in European defence
Madrid/Trieste, November 2, 2021 – Fincantieri and Navantia have reached an agreement on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order to boost their...
Fincantieri has expressed interest in the restructuring of Greece’s Elefsis shipyards
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) October 25, 2021 – The Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA has expressed interest in joining an investment group to lead the...
Fincantieri’s Palermo shipyard to build naval ship for Qatar
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) October 11, 2021 – The Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA has reported that a vessel commissioned by the Qatar...
Fincantieri’s Vard wins order for wind farm vessels
Trieste, October 4, 2021 – Fincantieri’s subsidiary Vard, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels, has secured contracts...
Navantia’s digital transformation will improve its operations by 20%
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) October 5, 2021 – The president of Navantia, Ricardo Domínguez, has said that the company’s digital transformation...
Turkey to sell land for shipbuilding in Zonguldak
Zonguldak, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 29, 2021 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure is preparing to sell a 220,000 m2 piece of land in the...
Greece signs a agreement with Naval Group and MBDA
Greece signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Naval Group and MBDA opening negotiations for the supply of three FDI HNs and one optional – September...
Palumbo Superyachts awarded concession at Port of Savona
Savona, Italy (Ports Europe) September 15, 2021 – For the second time, Palumbo Superyachts has been awarded a 20-year concession of the Savona production...
3 Maj shipyard sale attracts no bids
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) September 2, 2021 – An attempt to sell an 88.27% stake in the 3 Maj shipyard owned by the bankrupt Uljanik group has...
“Norwegian Prima” floated out of port of Marghera
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 30, 2021 – The “Norwegian Prima” ship is the first of six vessels of Norwegian Cruise Line’s (NCL)...
Turkey’s Sefine Shipyard wins Russian icebreaker contract
Yalova, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 30, 2021 -Earlier this month, Turkey’s Sefine Shipyard was awarded the contract to construct an 18 MW icebreaker to be...
“Norwegian Prima” floated out in Marghera
Trieste, August 13, 2021 – “Norwegian Prima”, the first of six vessels of Norwegian Cruise Line’s (NCL) new Prima Class of ships was...
MSC takes delivery of MSC Seashore from Fincantieri in Monfalcone
Monfalcone, Italy – July 26, 2021 – In the presence of Minister of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility prof. Enrico Giovannini, MSC Group today...
MSC, Fincantieri and Snam to partner for world’s first oceangoing hydrogen-powered cruise ship
Geneva, Switzerland, Trieste and San Donato Milanese, Italy – July 26, 2021 – Today the Cruise Division of MSC Group, Fincantieri and Snam announced the...
Uljanik d.d. shipbuilding group to sell stake in 3. Maj shipyard
Zaghreb, Croatia (Ports Europe) July 7, 2021 – Uljanik d.d. shipbuilding group, currently under bankruptcy proceedings, is inviting expressions of...
Navantia will invest €30 million in the Cádiz shipyard
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) July 6, 2021 – The Spanish shipbuilding group Navantia will invest €30 million ($35.6 million) to modernize the open-unit...
Maersk signs shipbuilding contract for world’s first container vessel fueled by carbon neutral methanol
Copenhagen, Denmark – A.P. Moller – Maersk and Hyundai Mipo Dockyards have agreed on a contract for Hyundai Mipo to build a feeder vessel with a dual...