Shipbuilding
Port activities associated with shipbuilding and ship repair. Includes both military vessels and cruise ship building.
Dutch shipbuilder Damen assumes control of Romania’s Mangalia shipyard
Mangalia, Romania (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – Dutch shipbuilder Damen has said it assumed the operational control of the Mangalia shipyard in Romania. The...
Las Palmas port to host 1st International Ship Repair and Supply Summit
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – Las Palmas port will host on April 4 and 5, 2019, the 1st International Ship Repair and Supply Summit, where...
TUI Cruises orders two new cruise ships from Fincantieri
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) July 14, 2018 – Fincantieri SpA has been awarded an order for the construction of two new-concept gas powered ships...
AdSP Naples approves 2018-2020 Triennial Operating Plan
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – The Management Committee of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP...
Brodosplit signs new shipbuilding contracts with Fincantieri
Split, Croatia (PortSEurope) July 4, 2018 – Brodogradnja industrija Split and Fincantieri, Italy, have signed two new contracts for the construction of...
€85 million needed for the Palermo basin – AdSP president
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) July 4, 2018 – President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP – Western Sicilian...
Cádiz port to extend concession of Navantia Cádiz until 2036
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz (APBC – Port Authority of Cadiz) plans to extend the term of...
Port community plans to make Vigo a global repair centre
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 25, 2018 – The reformed Federación de Usuarios del Puerto de Vigo (FUPV – Federation of Users of the Port of Vigo),...
Monaco Marine company to invest €50 million in Marseille port mega-yacht facility
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 24, 2018 – The supervisory board of the Grand Maritime Port of Marseille (GPMM) has approved the launch of a Monaco...
Palermo port supported by claims to revive shipbuilding
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – The local and national Fiom CGIL (Federazione italiana operai metallurgici/Italian federation of...
Italy’s Vittoria Shipyard delivers tugboat to Algeria’s Skikda port
Skikda, Algeria (PortSEurope) June 18, 2018 – Italian company Cantiere Navale Vittoria SpA, a specialist in the design and construction of military and...
Galician ports see labour shortage in shipyards
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2018 – In the last 10 years, Galician shipyards have signed orders for around 30 vessels at a value of around €1.2...
Palumbo Shipyards set to acquire Mondomarine
Savona, Italy (PortSEurope) June 15, 2018 – The Mondomarine SpA company of Savona has been provisionally assigned to Palumbo Shipyards of Naples for a...
Six financial companies interested in lending USPA funds for pilot vessel purchase
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 13, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has contacted 15 financial institutions (the first 15 in the...
MSC Cruises new flagship to use Barcelona as home port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – MSC Cruises has officially received, its new flagship, the “MSC Seaview”, in the Fincantieri de...
Brittany Ferries orders two cruise-type ferries for routes to Spain
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) May 28, 2018 – Brittany Ferries has confirmed the order for two new cruise-type ferries. The new vessels are part of a...
Astilleros Zamakona launches fuel supply ship of Grupo Suardiaz
Santurtzi, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2018 – Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Zamakona SA celebrated at its facilities in Santurtzi the launch of a new fuel...