San Giorgio del Porto awarded Grimaldi contract
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 14, 2019 - San Giorgio del Porto S.p.A. (SGdP), the Genoese shipbuilder, has been awarded the contract to install the scrubbers…
Uljanik Plovidba files for pre-bankruptcy proceedings
Pula, Croatia (PortSEurope) October 1, 2019 - Last Saturday, a syndicate of international lenders led by Credit Suisse unilaterally walked away from the ongoing negotiations…
Piraeus Port Authority reports on evolution of business activities in 2019
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) September 27, 2019 - The Board of Directors of Piraeus Port Authority SA, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported…
Croatian government guarantee allows May 3 shipyard to resume work
The strong engagement of the Government enabled the shipyard to start a new beginning and concrete work on May 3, and activities in finding a…
Fincantieri Palermo shipyard starts work on Windstar Cruises
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) September 6, 2019 - The Palermo shipyard of Fincantieri SpA has started work on the newly constructed mid-section of MS Star…
China Merchants Group signs agreement with RINA for cruise ship projects
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) September 4, 2019 - CMIT - Europe, a subsidiary of China Merchants Industry Holdings (CMIT), has signed an agreement with RINA for…
Croatian shipyard 3 Maj reaches debt restructuring agreement
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) September 3, 2019 - Rijeka's 3. Maj shipyard has signed agreements with suppliers and sub-contractors to defer part of its debts or approximately 111…
Croatian government to help solve 3. Maj Shipyard impasse
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) August 5, 2019 - The government has decided to get involved in the process of unblocking the account of Rijeka's 3. Maj…
Uljanik Shipyard delivers vessels whilst under bankruptcy proceedings
Pula, Croatia (PortSEurope) July 29, 2019 - The Pula-based Uljanik Shipyard has delivered a luxury passenger ship to the PEC Ltd company from Malta. The…
Morocco studies new shipyard in Agadir port
Agadir, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 15, 2019 - Following a feasibility study, the Provincial Directorate of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water Agadir Idaoutanane has issued a…
Constanta port to benefit from Naval Group contract
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) July 3, 2019 - The Romanian government has announced that Naval Group of France and the local Şantierul Naval Constanţa SA (SNC)…
Uljanik Shipbuilding cancels CLdN contract
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) May 22, 2019 - Due to the bankruptcy of Uljanik d.d., the company will no longer be able to fulfil a contract…
China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation visits Rijeka port
Zagreb, Croatia (PortSEurope) May 21, 2019 - Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts Darko Horvat reported that a delegation of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation…
Croatia’s Pazin court launches bankruptcy proceedings against Uljanik Group
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) May 17, 2019 – Croatia's Pazin court has launched bankruptcy proceedings against the Uljanik Group, the parent of shipbuilders Uljanik d. d.…
Bankruptcy proceedings for Uljanik shipyard is not the end; Chinese interest
News Release - Government of Croatia - Opening of bankruptcy proceedings for Uljanik shipyard is not the end - May 13, 2019 Prime Minister Andrej…
Italy’s government approves €75.5 million financing for Fincantieri Palermo shipyards
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) May 13, 2019 – Italy's government has approved a €75.5 million ($85 million) loan for the overhaul of Palermo shipyard, the…
China’s CSIC sees Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik as gateway to Europe
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) sees Croatia's Uljanik shipyard as a gateway to Europe, Croatian economy minister Darko Horvat…
China’s CSIC considers investments in two Croatian shipbuilders
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) May 2, 2019 – Representatives of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) have visited troubled Croatian shipbuilders Uljanik and 3. Maj to analyse…
Jan De Nul requests repayment of instalments by Uljanik
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) April 24, 2019 – Luxembourg-headquartered dredging group Jan De Nul has demanded that Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik d.d. repay all instalments plus interest…
EU Ship Recycling Rules Look Like Protectionism
Press Release - EU Ship Recycling Rules Look Like Protectionism - BIMCO - April 8, 2019 Only nine shipyards, out of 26, on the EU…