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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.

Svitzer orders four tugs from Cheoy Lee in China

Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) December 11, 2024 – Towage company Svitzer has signed a contract with the Hong Kong shipyard, Cheoy Lee, for four new...

Romania to end local joint venture with Dutch shipbuilder Damen

Bucharest, Romania (Ports Europe) December 5, 2024 – The local state-owned shipbuilder Santierul Naval 2 Mai Mangalia has agreed to terminate its...

Port of Antwerp receives first electric tugboat

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – The Port of Antwerp-Bruges has taken receipt of six energy-efficient tugboats. The delivery includes...

BIMCO launches a Ship Recycling Alliance

Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) November 14, 2024 – BIMCO has launched a Ship Recycling Alliance to support safe and environmentally sound recycling...

Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife will have largest capacity floating dock in 2026

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) November 14, 2024 – The Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife will have the largest capacity...

Sanmar delivers new tugboat to P&O Maritime Logistics

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – The local Sanmar Shipyards has delivered a new ASD tugboat to P&O Maritime Logistics, a DP World...

Botas orders four battery-electric tugboats from Sanmar

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 29, 2024 – Botas Petroleum Pipeline Corp has ordered four battery-electric tugboats from local tug builder...

Uzmar Shipyard delivers tugboat joins P&O Reyser, Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 25, 2024 – Turkish shipbuilder Uzmar Shipyard has a new tugboat to Spanish shipping company P&O Reyser, part...

Fincantieri signs contract for two Viking cruise ships

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) October 25, 2024 – Fincantieri has signed a contract with Viking to build two new cruise ships, based on previous ships...

Piriou delivers two new tugs to Port of Saint-Malo

St. Malo, France (Ports Europe) October 3, 2024 – The shipbuilder Piriou has delivered two new OST 22 tugs to EDEIS Ports de Saint-Malo & Cancale,...

Cantiere Nautico FM wins shipbuilding contract

Rimini, Italy (Ports Europe) October 1, 2024 – The Cantiere Nautico FM shipyard will build a zero-emission unit intended for anti-pollution and marine...

Tankoa Yachts opens shipyard in port of Civitavecchia

Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 1, 2024 – After years of inactivity, the La Mattonara area in the port of Civitavecchia is being reborn...

Cantieri di Pisa, T Mariotti enter yacht partnership

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 29, 2024 – Shipbuilders Cantieri di Pisa and T Mariotti have entered into a partnership to build large yachts. This...

Fincantieri launches “Star Princess” in Monfalcone port

Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) September 27, 2024 – The shipbuilder Fincantieri has launched the “Star Princess,” the second LNG (liquefied...

Sanmar has delivered its fourth tug to Boluda Towage in less than a year

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 24, 2024 – Sanmar has delivered its fourth tug to Boluda Towage in less than a year. The tug, which was part...

Porto Canale, Cagliari, calls tenders for shipbuilding area

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – A call for tenders for the allocation of the plots in the shipyard area on the eastern...

Svitzer receives new tugboat from Sanmar

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – International towage company Svitzer has received a new, next-generation, multi-purpose tugboat from...

Remolques Unidos presents new tugboat at the Port of Santander

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2024 – The Remolques Unidos group has presented its new tugboat “Trheintaycuatro” at the Port...

Sanmar delivers Boğaçay series tug to Moroccan operator JL Tug

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 10, 2024 – Sanmar has delivered a multi-purpose tug to the port of Jorf Lasfar, Morocco, a deepwater commercial...

Sanmar delivers second tug to the Italian operator SCAFI

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 3, 2024 – Sanmar has delivered its second tug to the Italian operator SCAFI, a leading company in the Italian...

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