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Shipbuilding

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

Italy’s Fincantieri, Leonardo sign MOUs in Greece

Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) February 14, 2023 – Italian companies Fincantieri and Leonardo have signed a number of Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs)...

United Shipbuilding Corporation to build four vessels in Astrakhan

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) February 7, 2023 – United Shipbuilding Corporation will build four multipurpose dry bulk / container carriers in...

Fincantieri launches amphibious vessel for Qatar in Palermo

Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) January 25, 2023 – Shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA has launched the “Al Fulk” amphibious vessel (LPD – Landing...

Navantia to invest €43 million in the Puerto Real (Cádiz) shipyard

Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2023 – Spanish shipbuilder Navantia will invest €43 million in the Puerto Real (Cádiz) shipyard. It will...

Chantiers de l’Atlantique’s Solid Sail rig installed on first sailing cargo ship

Chantiers de l’Atlantique’s Solid Sail rig to be installed on the first sailing cargo ship – January 18, 2023 The Solid Sail technology,...

Grimaldi orders five new car & truck vessels from China

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) January 16, 2023 – Italian shipping and logistics company Grimaldi has started the year by ordering five new PCTC (Pure Car...

Iran orders ship to operate from Russia’s Caspian Sea port of Solyanka

Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) January 5, 2023 – The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) has ordered a new cargo vessel from Russia to operate...

GTT leaves Russia in a blow to country’s LNG industry

Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, France (Ports Europe) – In another major blow for Russian gas and shipbuilding industries, the global leader in liquefied...

Delegation from Dagestan visits Baku Shipyard

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 29, 2022 – Leader of the Republic of Dagestan, Sergey Malikov, has visited the Baku Shipyard LLC, heading a...

Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping has ordered another vessel from Baku Shipyard

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 29, 2022 – Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping CJSC (ASCO) has ordered another Ro-pax vessel from Baku Shipyard LLC....

The United States imposes sanctions on Russian naval entities

Washington, United States (PortSEurope) December 26, 2022 – The U.S. is imposing new sanctions on 10 Russian naval entities this time over Russian operations...

Fincantieri to build new Hydro-Oceanographic Ship for the Italian Navy

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 23, 2022 – As part of an European Union tender for the Defence and Security sector, Fincantieri has signed a contract...

Greece’s ONEX signs shipbuilding contract with Fincantieri

Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) December 20, 2022 – Fincantieri and ONEX Shipyards & Technologies Group have signed an agreement to establish a...

Sestri shipyards under development in Port of Genoa

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 16, 2022 – The Sestri Ponente shipyards in the Port of Genoa are being developed into a state-of-the-art super dock....

In Russia, in one day, 400 ships needed became 400 ships ordered

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) December 12, 2022 – Russian officials, desperately trying to please President Vladimir Putin and to feed good news to the...

PPA completes upgrade works in Perama shipbuilding repair zone

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 9, 2022 – The Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) has announced the completion of the infrastructure upgrade works in the...

Russian government orders 400 ships

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 25, 2022 – Russia’s Ministry of Transport has placed an order for 400 cargo ships built at Russian shipyards...

Piraeus Port Authority – 9-month traffic figures

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) October 28, 2022 – Piraeus Port Authority has reported traffic figures for the first nine months of 2022. Containers...

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