The keel laying of the largest cruise ship ever built for the British market took place yesterday, May 15 2013, at the Monfalcone shipyard of Fincantieri near Trieste, Italy. The P&O Cruises’ 141,000-ton cruise ship is scheduled to enter service in 2015. This next-generation ship will offer a stylish and innovative new design, with an [...]
“Regal Princess”, the new flagship of the Princess Cruises fleet owned by the Carnival Group, the world’s largest cruise ship operator, was launched yesterday at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard. Delivery is scheduled for spring 2014, while its sister ship, “Royal Princess”, launched last august, will be delivered in the first half of this year. Attending the [...]
Cruising has become a major part of the tourism industry, especially in North America and Europe, that is why the shipyards around the world face great challenges to build ships for comfortable cruising with all the necessary luxury. One example of such ships is Ruby Princess. The 116,000-tonne cruise ship “Ruby Princess”, built and launched [...]
On March 5, at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Riva Trigoso (Sestri Levante, Genoa), there was a ceremony to mark the cutting of the first sheeting for the sixth Fremm vessel. This is a further step in the European Multi Mission Frigate construction program, the most important joint initiative to date among European industries in the Naval [...]
Fincantieri, through its wholly owned subsidiary Fincantieri Oil & Gas S.p.A., has successfully completed the acquisition of 50.75% of STX OSV from STX Europe, at a price of SGD 1.22 per share, totalling approximately Euro 455 million (approximately SGD 730 million). In compliance with the rules of the Singapore Code on Take-overs and Mergers, Fincantieri [...]
The delivery ceremony of two vessels for the United Arab Emirates Navy was held yesterday, Jan 8th, at the Fincantieri shipyard in Muggiano (La Spezia). These were an “Abu Dhabi Class” corvette, launched in February 2011, and the “Ghantut” patrol vessel, launched at the same yard in January 2012. In the presence of Rear Admiral [...]
STX OSV Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, informed that Fincantieri Oil & Gas S.p.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fincantieri – Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A., has signed an agreement for the acquisition of 50.75% of the shares in STX OSV belonging to STX Europe AS. Headquartered [...]
“Le Soleal”, a super luxury cruise ship ordered from Fincantieri by the French shipping line Compagnie du Ponent (Bridgepoint Group), was launched today, Dec. 6th, at the Ancona shipyard. The ship will be delivered in June 2013 and will be essentially more like a mega yacht in size and for the paramount attention to interior [...]
Viking Ocean Cruises, sister company of Viking River Cruises, the world’s leading river cruise line, and Fincantieri, world leader in cruise shipbuilding, today announced the signature of a Memorandum of Agreement for the construction of two more ocean cruise ships with an option for another two. The new ships will be twins to those ordered [...]
Nexans, a worldwide expert in the cable industry, has won a 6 million Euro contract to manufacture and supply shipboard cables to Fincantieri, the Italian ship builder. The cables and accessories will come from Nexans’ SHIPLINK® brand of electrical cables for , where they offer light weight, easy and quick installation in confined spaces. The [...]
