Shipbuilding
Port activities associated with shipbuilding and ship repair. Includes both military vessels and cruise ship building.
Gaeta port looks to revive shipbuilding industry
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 3, 2018 – At a meeting between the Municipality of Gaeta and Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno...
Grimaldi renews fleet with €1 billion investment
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – Italian shipping company Grimaldi has renewed its fleet with investments of €1 billion ($1.2 billion) to be...
Piraeus port launches the new “Piraeus III” floating tank
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 15, 2018 – The Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) has announces that after the completion of its permanent...
Call for investment in Venice port shipyards
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2018 – The Carnival Horizon cruise ship was built at the Fincantieri shipyard in Porto Marghera, but was presented...
Baleària launches the ship ‘Hypatia de Alejandría’, the first ferry powered by LNG from the Mediterranean
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 7, 2018 – Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. has completed the floating of the ship Hypatia de Alejandría ,...
CCB Zamakona Offshore set for Las Palmas concession
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) March 27, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas (Port Authority of Las Palmas) is set to grant...
Navantia delivers container ship to Ibaizabal Group
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2018 – Spanish shipbuilder Navantia delivered the oil tanker “Monte Udala” to ship management company...
Military ships will not be dismantled in Piombino
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) March 12, 2018 – A plan for naval vessels to be dismantled in Piombino port seems unlikely to be realised. The plan was...
Vard awarded contract to build two vessels for Ponant
Tulcea, Romania (Ports Europe) March 10, 2018 – Vard Holdings Limited, a Norwegian company active in the design and construction of special ships, has...
Bordeaux port named international ship recycling site authorised by the EU
Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – In January 2018, the European Union has published a list of international ship recycling sites authorised...
VARD reports high activity in Romanian shipyards
Tulcea, Romania (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Vard Holdings Limited, part of Fincantieri S.p.A., has reported its financial results for q4 2017. Higher...
Piraeus port announces tender for sale and removal of hazardous and harmful ships
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – The Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) has announced the tender procedure for the sale and removal of the...
Costa Cruises orders third new generation ship
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 28, 2018 – Costa Cruises orders a third new generation ship for the German brand Aida Cruises. It will be built by Meyer...
Fincantieri Marinette Marine awarded U.S. Navy contract
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 24, 2018 – Marinette Marine, part of Fincantieri S.p.A., has been awarded a contract by the U.S. navy to...
Italian investor to launch dry dock at Naples port
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 20, 2018 – “Napoli Dry Docks”, a joint venture of Palumbo Group Naples and La Nuova Meccanica Navale srl,...
Baleària orders two ferries from Cantiere Navale Visentini
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 18, 2018 – Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. has reached an agreement with the Italian shipyard Cantiere...
Fincantieri and Damen among companies interested in Uljanik shipyard in Croatia
Pula, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 15, 2018 – Trieste-based Fincantieri is one of four companies reported to be interested in investing in the Pula...