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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.

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...

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...

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