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Shipbuilding

Port activities associated with shipbuilding and ship repair. Includes both military vessels and cruise ship building.

Fincantieri’s VARD wins Asian ship contract

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 17, 2020 – VARD, a subsidiary of Italy’s Fincantieri SpA, has signed a new contract for the design and...

Meeting between Ferretti Group and the government on the future of the nautical sector

News – Meeting between Ferretti Group and the Government on the future of the nautical sector – April 7, 2020 A first meeting was held in Taranto...

Fincantieri’s Vard signs contract with P/F Akraberg

VARD, Fincantieri’s subsidiary and one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels, signed an important contract for the design and...

Fincantieri suspends production activities for two weeks

Trieste, March 13, 2020 – Following the Coronavirus emergency and in order to apply the measures that the Italian Government has gradually determined,...

Croatian government prepared to offer guarantees for 2 Maj shipyard

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) March 10, 2020 – The government has said that guarantees of 48% of the value of new ships for the Australian Scenic Group...

Franco-Italian summit: governments give full support to Naval Group and Fincantieri cooperation

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) March 3, 2020 – The port of Naples has hosted the XXXV Italian-French intergovernmental summit, where the governments...

Naval Group unveils cooperation plan with Greece

During an event at the French Embassy on February 13, France’s Naval Group unveiled its long-term cooperation plan developed to support the acquisition...

MSC Cruises & Chantiers de l’Atlantique sign contracts for construction LNG-powered MSC ships

MSC Cruises and Chantiers de l’Atlantique sign firm contracts for construction of third and fourth LNG-powered MSC World Class ships. Partnership further...

Naviris, the JV between Fincantieri and Naval Group is now fully operational

The first board meeting of Naviris, the joint venture between Fincantieri and Naval Group, took place. This partnership cements the shared desire of the two...

Meeting of Greece-South Korea parliamentary group with ambassador of South Korea

Parliament of Greece – Athens, December 16, 2019 The Chairman of the Greece-South Korea Friendship Group, Hara Kafantari, the Vice-President of the...

Minister promotes investment in Fincantieri’s Genoa facility

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) December 18, 2019 – Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Paola De Micheli, has visited the Fincantieri SpA shipbuilding...

Floating dock “Piraeus II” is available again for ship repair works

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) December 17, 2019 – Piraeus Port Authority SA has announced that the “Piraeus II” floating dock has been...

U.S. ambassador attends reopening of Neorion shipyard in Greece

Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) December 9, 2019 – The U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey R. Pyatt, has presented a speech at the event celebrating the...

Fincantieri joins the United Nations Global Compact

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) November 28, 2019 – The Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA has joined the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s...

Fincantieri board approves third quarter results

The Board of Directors of Fincantieri S.p.A. approved the interim financial information at September 30, 2019 – November 7, 2019 Highlighted Information:...

Piraeus port says “PIRAEUS I” floating tank delivered

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) October 28, 2019 – The Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) has reported that the “PIRAEUS I” floating tank has been...

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...

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