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Shipbuilding

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

MSC Cruises to implement next-generation air sanitation system developed by Fincantieri for the cruise industry

Trieste, Italy and Geneva, Switzerland 21st October 2020 – Fincantieri, in close cooperation with the virology lab of the International Center for...

EU job-search aid worth €2 million for 500 former shipbuilding workers in Spain

Former shipbuilding workers from Galicia will receive €2,054,400 in EU aid to help them re-integrate into the labour market, following a plenary vote on...

Ukraine minister praises Kiliya Shipbuilding and Repair Plant

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 15, 2020 – Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Vladyslav Krykliy, has visited the Kiliya Shipbuilding and...

Russia’s draft law on import substitution in shipbuilding adopted in the first reading

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 15, 2020 – The State Duma of the Russian Federation has adopted a bill that will stimulate shipping, leasing...

Svitzer orders exclusive tug design from Turkey’s Med Marine

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 13, 2020 – Svitzer, a tugboat operator, has signed a contract for MED-A2360 series tugboat from Med Marine. The...

Sevastopol’s RSC Aquamarine plans to purchase 10 fishing vessels

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 9, 2020 – Sevastopol fish canning plant RSC Aquamarine plans to purchase 10 vessels frpm Sevastopol Marine Plant...

RINA and China’s SDARI sign MoU for classification of ships in 3D

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) September 29, 2020 – RINA and Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) have signed a Memorandum of...

Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade presents new point system for localization of shipbuilding

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) September 21, 2020 – The Ministry of Industry and Trade has again revised Resolution 719 (contains a list of operations and...

Ancona port receives funding to support local shipbuilding

Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) September 21, 2020 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT) and Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare...

Fincantieri sees technical launch of the first-in-class patrol vessel for Qatar

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) September 20, 2020 – Fincantieri SpA has completed the technical launch of the first-in-class patrol vessel (OPV –...

Gaeta port aims to relaunch shipbuilding industry

Gaeta, Italy (PortSEurope) August 25, 2020 – In the port of Gaeta, shipbuilding is a fundamental segment of the blue economy and an economically...

Leixões port invests €13.5 million in two 70-ton tugboats

Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 20, 2020 – APDL – Administração dos Portos do Douro e Leixões SA (APDL – The Administration of the...

MSC Cruises and Fincantieri celebrate float out of MSC Seashore ship – Monfalcone port

20 August 2020 MSC Seashore will be the second MSC Cruises new ship to come into service in 2021 as part of the Company’s continued investment plan New...

New tugboat, powered by LNG, is officialy part of fleet in Bilbao

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 31, 2020 – The tugboat, Ibaizabal Quince, powered by LNG and diesel, is officially part of the fleet, providing the...

MSC Cruises buys 50% stake in Palumbo Malta Shipyard

Geneva, Switzerland and Paola, Malta, 30 July 2020 – MSC Cruises and Palumbo Group today announced they have formed a joint venture to operate the Palumbo...

NIBULON to build border patrol boats for Ukraine under Ukrainian-French contract

The leader in Ukrainian shipbuilding, NIBULON, has become an official partner of the French company OSEA in the construction of border patrol boats as part of...

Huelva port presents project for its new facilities

Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) July 17, 2020 – Nuevo Astillero de Huelva SA will present a long-term project for its new facilities in the port of Huelva...

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