(IN BRIEF) Fincantieri and Crystal have finalized a major agreement for a new luxury cruise ship, designed to accommodate approximately 690 passengers with all-suite, high-end accommodations, including solo traveler options. This 61,800-ton vessel will feature premium interiors and a high … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) VARD, a subsidiary of the Fincantieri Group, has signed a contract to design and build an advanced Energy Construction Vessel (ECV) for Wind Energy Construction AS, with delivery slated for Q2 2027. The vessel, built at Vard Vung … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Italy, Management, News, Norway, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Energy Construction Vessel, Fincantieri, Norway, partnership, Pierroberto Folgiero, sustainability, Vard, Vietnam, Wind Energy Construction AS
(IN BRIEF) The Department of Defense has awarded Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) a significant contract exceeding 1 billion US dollars to construct the fifth and sixth Constellation-class frigates for the US Navy. This contract, part of a larger agreement signed … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Security & Safety, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Fincantieri, Fincantieri Marinette Marine, Frigates, partnership, US Navy
(IN BRIEF) In a groundbreaking exercise conducted during the Mare Aperto 24/Polaris operation, the Italian and French navies assessed the cyber resilience of their platform system networks aboard the Italian Navy’s aircraft carrier Cavour in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Spearheaded by … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Investment, Italy, Management, News, Security & Safety, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged cyber resilience, Fincantieri, France, Italy, navies, partnership, Pierroberto Folgiero, Tyrrhenian Sea
(IN BRIEF) Cunard’s illustrious fleet gains a new gem as Queen Anne officially joins during a historic handover ceremony at the Fincantieri Marghera shipyard in Venice. Attended by dignitaries and industry leaders, the event marks the 249th ship under the … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Eni, Fincantieri, and RINA, prominent Italian entities in energy, shipbuilding, and engineering consultancy respectively, have solidified an agreement to spearhead initiatives targeting the decarbonization of the maritime sector. Their collaborative efforts aim to develop sustainable alternatives, explore new … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Italy, Management, News, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged alliance, Carlo Luzzatto, decarbonization, Energy Giants, Eni, Fincantieri, Giuseppe Ricci, Italy, maritime, partnership, Pierroberto Folgiero, RINA, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Fincantieri, a prominent shipbuilding group, has announced its enrollment in the esteemed Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This membership signifies Fincantieri’s commitment to fostering innovation and staying at the forefront of technological … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Fincantieri has introduced the “Masters of the Sea” project, a collaboration with the ELIS consortium, aimed at alleviating the shortage of skilled labor in the shipbuilding industry. This initiative, unveiled in Rome, entails a paid training program leading … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Italy, Management, Media, News, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged "Masters of the Sea", ELIS consortium, Enzo De Fusco, Fincantieri, Luciano Sale, Luigi Matarazzo, Maurizio Millico, partnership, Pierroberto Folgiero, Pietro Cum, recruitment, Shipbuilding Labor Shortage
(IN BRIEF) The Windward Offshore consortium has exercised options to expand its contract with Vard, a subsidiary of the Fincantieri group, for the design and construction of two additional hybrid Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs), bringing the total to four … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Italy, Management, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Blue Star Group, Diana Shipping Inc., Fincantieri, Hybrid CSOVs, partnership, sustainability, Vard, Windward Offshore
(IN BRIEF) Fincantieri, the Italian shipbuilding company, has been awarded the Top Employer Italy certification for the third consecutive year in 2024. This prestigious certification recognizes companies that excel in human resources strategies and policies aimed at enhancing employee well-being … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Industrial, Italy, Management, News, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Awards, diversity, Employee Listening, equity, Fincantieri, Inclusion, Luciano Sale, Top Employer, wellbeing
(IN BRIEF) Fincantieri, the Italian shipbuilding company, has become the first shipbuilder in Italy to achieve the Gender Parity Certification UNI/PdR 125:2022 from RINA (Registro Italiano Navale). The certification recognizes Fincantieri’s commitment to promoting gender equity and inclusion within the … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Industrial, Italy, Management, News, Society, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Awards, diversity, equality, Fincantieri, Gender Parity Certification, Inclusion, Luciano Sale, Paolo Moretti, RINA, society
(IN BRIEF) Fincantieri S.p.A. is advancing its strategic development project within the Subsea and Marine Energy sectors through an agreement to acquire the entire share capital of Remazel Engineering S.p.A. from Advanced Technology Industrial Group S.A. The key details and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, France, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged acquisition, expansion, Fincantieri, marine energy, partnership, Remazel Engineering, Subsea, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Fincantieri, a leading shipbuilding company, and WSense, a specialist in underwater monitoring and communication systems, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate in the field of Underwater Internet of Things (UIoT). This partnership will explore various … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Naviris and SIGEN, a consortium of Elettronica and Thales, have signed a sub-contract for the modernization of the Electronic Warfare (EW) system as part of the Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) of the Horizon-class naval units serving the Italian and … Read the full press release
Posted in Defence, France, Government, Industrial, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Domitilla Benigni, Electronic Warfare system, Elettronica, ELT Group, FDI, Fincantieri, FREMM, Horizon, Mid-Life Upgrade, Naval Group, NAVIRIS, OCCAR, Philippe Duhamel, Radar Electronic Counter Measures, Radar Electronic Support Measures, RESM, SIGEN, Thales
(IN BRIEF) Fincantieri, a global shipbuilding company, has reaffirmed its commitment to promoting gender equality at work by endorsing the seven United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs). These principles include fostering a corporate culture focused on gender equality, ensuring the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Italy, Management, News, Society, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Fincantieri, gender equality, leadership, Luciano Sale, society, UN Women's Empowerment Principles
(IN BRIEF) Vard, a prominent player in special ship construction under the Fincantieri group, has entered into a contract with the Windward Offshore consortium to design and build two hybrid Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOV) for offshore wind farm support. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Italy, Management, News, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Commissioning Service Operation Vessels, Fincantieri, Offshore wind, partnership, Pierroberto Folgiero, sustainability, Vard, Windward Offshore
(IN BRIEF) Fincantieri, the Italian shipbuilding company, has signed a significant EUR 800 million financing agreement with a 5-year tenor and a 3-year grace period. This facility, which aligns with the SupportItalia Guarantee under Legislative Decree No. 50 of May … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Insurance, Investment, Italy, Management, News, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Financial, Fincantieri, investment, partnership, SACE, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) The Cruise Division of MSC Group has confirmed orders for two hydrogen-powered luxury vessels for its brand Explora Journeys. The €3.5 billion investment will also explore additional environmental technologies, such as alternative fuels like bio and synthetic gas, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Italy, Management, News, Switzerland, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged cruise, Explora Journeys, Fincantieri, hydrogen-powered, investment, MSC Group, partnership, Pierfrancesco Vago, Pierroberto Folgiero, ships, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Naviris, the joint venture between Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and French defense company Naval Group, has announced the appointment of Pierroberto Folgiero as Chairman, Damien Raby as CEO, and Enrico Bonetti as COO. The bi-national team is split evenly … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Italy, Management, News, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged appointment, CEO, Chairman, Damien Raby, Enrico Bonetti, Fincantieri, Italy, leadership, Naval Group, Navantia, NAVIRIS, partnership, Pierroberto Folgiero
(PRESS RELEASE) TRIESTE, 11-Jul-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Fincantieri S.p.A., one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups, has announced a new EUR 1.2 billion worth contract with an international customer for the construction of a new ultra-luxury cruise ship, which is … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Italy, News, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Fincantieri, Shipbuilding, ships, ultra-luxury cruise ship, vessels
(COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE) TRIESTE, 11-Jul-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Fincantieri S.p.A., l’un des plus grands groupes de construction navale au monde, a annoncé un nouvel EUR Contrat d’une valeur de 1,2 milliard avec un client international pour la construction d’un nouveau … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Italy, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Fincantieri, Shipbuilding, ships, ultra-luxury cruise ship, vessels
(PRESS RELEASE) TRIESTE, 5-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Fincantieri S.p.A., one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups, has announced that its subsidiary Vard, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels, has secured contracts for the design and … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) GENOA/ MADRID, 11-Feb-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Fincantieri announces that NAVIRIS, its 50/50 joint venture company with Naval Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NAVANTIA aimed at enlarging the industrial cooperation for the European Patrol Corvette … Read the full press release
Posted in Defence, Government, Industrial, Italy, News, Security & Safety, Spain, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged EPC program, European Commission, European Patrol Corvette program, Fincantieri, joint venture, MoU, naval, Naval Group, Navantia, NAVIRIS, patrol vessels, Permanent Structured Cooperation project, PESCO project, ships, vessel
(PRESS RELEASE) MILAN, 9-Jul-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading construction group, with focus on large and complex projects, Webuild, formerly Salini Impregilo, has announced that almost 330 small and medium sized companies from across Italy provided more than €160 million in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Infrastructure & Utilities, Italy, News, Small Business
Tagged Acciaierie Valbruna, Akron, Bosco Italia, bridge construction, construction, Drafinsub, Faver of Bari, Fincantieri, Genoa’s new bridge, Geoinvest, Politecnico di Milano university, Progetto Italia, Project Italy, SMEs, Webuild, Webuild Group
(PRESS RELEASE) TRIESTE, 20-Nov-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Fincantieri announced it has been selected to build and design 2 new-generation luxury expedition cruise vessels for the French cruise company PONANT. For the purpose the company has just signed MoA (memorandum of … Read the full press release
The contract which defines the cruise park project in the Baoshan District has been signed TRIESTE, 08-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — At the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Minister of Economic development and Labor Luigi Di Maio and the Chairman of … Read the full press release
Posted in Industrial, Italy, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Baoshan, CHINA, cruise, cruise park hub, cruiseships, Fan Shaojun, Fincantieri, Giuseppe Bono, Luigi Di Maio, Massimo Tononi, Shanghai, Shipbuilding, ships, TOURISM, travel
The contracts related to the construction of the cruise ships have been signed TRIESTE, 08-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — At the presence of the Under Secretary of State for the Italian Ministry of Economic Development Michele Geraci, the contracts that seal … Read the full press release
TRIESTE, 18-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — FINCANTIERI S.p.A. (“Fincantieri”) announces that, in relation to the exit offer (“Exit Offer“) by its subsidiary Fincantieri Oil & Gas S.p.A. (“Fincantieri O&G“) for all the issued ordinary shares in the capital of Vard Holdings Limited (“Vard”) other … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Investment, Italy, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged acquisition, delisting, Fincantieri, shares, Singapore, trading, Vard
The agreement with the state-owned giant firm CSSC is expanded to all segments of merchant shipbuilding TRIESTE, 28-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Fincantieri and China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the extension of the industrial … Read the full press release
Posted in Industrial, Italy, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged CHINA, China State Shipbuilding Corporation, cruise_ships, CSSC, Fincantieri, Giuseppe Bono, Shipbuilding, vessels, yachts
TRIESTE, 01-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The steel cutting ceremony of the first “Doha” class corvette ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defence within the national naval acquisition programme, took place today at the Muggiano (La Spezia) yard, in the presence … Read the full press release
Posted in Industrial, Italy, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged corvette, Defence, Fincantieri, La Spezia, Muggiano, Qatar, shipyard, vessels
The contract signed with the Ministry agency NDMA values about 550 million euro TRIESTE, 28-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Fincantieri’s subsidiary Vard Holdings Limited (“VARD” or the “Company”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels, has announced that … Read the full press release
She will be the third ship of the Silver Muse class MONACO/TRIESTE, 15-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Silversea Cruises has awarded Fincantieri with an order for another ultra-luxury cruise ship, with delivery scheduled for Q4 2021. The contract is valued at … Read the full press release
The second cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises TRIESTE, 19-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The steel cutting ceremony of “Seven Seas Splendor”, the second ultra-luxury cruise ship which Fincantieri will build for Regent Seven Seas Cruises, a brand of Norwegian Cruise … Read the full press release
Posted in Industrial, Italy, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged cruise, cruise ship, Fincantieri, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Robin Lindsay, ship, ship building, shipyard, ultra-luxury
TRIESTE, 19-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — During DIMDEX 2018, the most important defense exhibition in the Middle East, now at its 6th edition Fincantieri, one of the world’s top shipbuilding groups, and Barzan Holdings, a company wholly owned by the Qatari Ministry … Read the full press release
Posted in Defence, Government, Industrial, Italy, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Barzan Holdings, Defense, DIMDEX 2018, DIMDEX2018, Fincantieri, Qatar, Qatari Ministry of Defense, Shipbuilding
For the first time a ultra-luxury ship undergoes modernization activities TRIESTE, 19-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Lengthening works on Silver Spirit, ultra-luxury cruise ship of the Silversea Group, began at Fincantieri shipyard in Palermo in the last days, with a 15-meter section … Read the full press release
Posted in Industrial, Italy, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged cruise, Fincantieri, Lengthening works, modernization, Palermo, ship, shipyard, Silver Spirit, Silversea Group, ultra-luxury cruise ship
Active policy protocol signed for employment TRIESTE, 19-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Fincantieri signed a cooperation protocol with the autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia and the trade unions Cgil, Cisl and Uil, aimed at carrying out a series of initiatives to … Read the full press release
Posted in Industrial, Italy, Management
Tagged Cgil, Cisl, Debora Serracchiani, Employment, Fincantieri, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Giuseppe Bono, job placement processes, local employment, ship building, trade unions, Uil
The parties also signed an additional agreement for visits to the “MuCa” museum and to the shipyard TRIESTE, 19-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, and the CEO of Fincantieri, Giuseppe Bono, today signed two agreements, one … Read the full press release
The company’s activities will promote the development of local businesses TRIESTE, 26-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — As part of its business development strategy in the Middle East, Fincantieri has established Fincantieri Services Middle East in Doha (Qatar), a wholly owned subsidiary … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Italy, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Fincantieri, Qatar Emiri Naval Forces
Paris cedex, 02-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Naval Group and Fincantieri welcome today’s decision of the French and Italian governments to launch a joint process paving the way for the future creation of a progressive alliance in the naval defence sector. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Defence, France, Government, Italy
Tagged Fincantieri, Giuseppe Bono, Herve Guillou, naval defence, Naval Group
TRIESTE, 07-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — “Seabourn Ovation”, the second ultra-luxury cruise ships, after “Seabourn Encore”, that Fincantieri is building for Seabourn Cruise Line, brand of Carnival Corporation, was launched today at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Sestri (Genoa). The ceremony was attended, among … Read the full press release
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