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 Joint Stock Company United…
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 Understanding to explore mutual collaboration in support 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…
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 certificates…
Intesa Sanpaolo is to lend €5.5 million to Piombino Industrie Marittime srl
Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) February 25, 2022 - The Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo is to lend €5.5 million to Piombino Industrie Marittime srl, a joint venture…
Navantia plans expansion to Ferrol port shipyard
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) February 7, 2022 - The Ferrol-San Cibrao Port Authority has approved the Navantia project for the redevelopment of the Fene shipyard to…
Fincantieri floats new “Viking Neptune”
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) January 19, 2022 - “Viking Neptune”, the newest ocean cruise ship which Fincantieri is building for the shipowner Viking, has been floated…
Fincantieri Muggiano shipyard in La Spezia start submarine production work
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 12, 2022 - Fincantieri has started production activities for the first of two new-generation submarines, as part of the U212NFS…
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 since…
Dry dock removed from Port of Palermo
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) January 6, 2022 - A 19,000-ton dry dock has been removed from the Port of Palermo, an action that will free…
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…
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 million ($463 million) contract…
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 Giurgiu, 60 km south of…
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 build cutting-edge hybrid and zero-emissions…
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 facilities…
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 the luxury…
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…
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 linked to…