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Shipbuilding

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

Las Palmas port to host ship repair summit

Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2019 – Las Palmas port plans to show its strength in the areas of ship repair to 110 companies,...

Princess Cruises confirms order for construction of two cruise ships by Fincantieri

Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – Princess Cruises has confirmed the order for the construction of two cruise ships by Italian naval...

CMA CGM signs two strategic agreements with China State Shipbuilding Corporation

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 27, 2019 – Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping...

Fincantieri acquires minority stake in Genova Industrie Navali & signs cooperation agreement

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 8, 2019 – Trieste-based shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA has reached a cooperation agreement with Genova Industrie...

The steel cutting ceremony of the first patrol vessel ordered to Fincantieri by Qatar took place at Muggiano (La Spezia) yard

Trieste, February 27, 2019 – The steel cutting ceremony of the first patrol vessel (OPV – Offshore Patrol Vessel) ordered to Fincantieri by the...

Fincantieri-built Costa Venezia comes into service

Monfalcone, February 28, 2019 – Today, at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, in the presence of Matteo Salvini, Interior Minister and Deputy Prime...

Government works on business plan for shipbuilding group Uljanik

Pula, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 21, 2019 – Croatian Economy Minister Darko Horvat has said that any restructuring plan for the troubled...

Italy’s Fincantieri launches Seven Seas Splendor ship

Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – Italian shipping group Fincantieri SpA has launched the Seven Seas Splendor ship at its Ancona port...

Brodosplit to become strategic partner of Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 7, 2019 – Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik d.d. has picked domestic sector player Brodogradevna industrija Split...

Fincantieri to establish shipbuilding hub in Palermo

Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) February 5, 2019 – Fincantieri SpA and Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP –...

DIV and Fincantieri confirm joint interest in Uljanik shipyard

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri SpA and Croatia’s DIV Group have submitted a joint letter of...

Fincantieri to build ultra-luxury cruise ship for Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 16, 2019 – Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. have signed a contract for the...

Fincantieri studies data room of Croatia’s Uljanik

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Italian company Fincantieri SpA and Australia’s Scenic Group are studying the data room of Croatian...

European Commission to investigate proposed purchase of Chantiers de l’Atlantique by Fincantieri

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) January 9, 2019 – The European Commission has announced that it is launching an investigation into the proposed purchase of...

Croatia’s Uljanik extends bid period for interested parties

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) January 7, 2019 – Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik d.d. has extended the time period available for interested parties to respond...

Croatia’s Uljanik cancels strategic partnership with Kermas Energija

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik has cancelled a decision to select investment company Kermas Energija as a...

Fincantieri publishes new Sustainability Plan

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – The Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has published its Sustainability Plan, which it describes as...

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