Fincantieri

The Seabourn Encore, a luxury cruise ship built by Fincantieri of Italy for Seabourn Cruise Line, docked at Nafplio in the eastern Peloponnese, dwarfing the Bourtzi Fortress on Saturday. Sailing from the Ionian island of Corfu, the 210-meter ultra-luxurious ship carrying over 560 passengers, mainly British and American, disembarked at the port of Nafplio.

The first two are expected to be delivered in 2028

Naval shipyards are an "extremely" important component of the Romanian economy with enough competitiveness existing in this economic field that allows the further development of the areas where they are located and of the country, Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said on Wednesday in Braila.

In the last 5 years in Bulgaria, no sea cruises have been realized from our two ports Varna and Burgas, Eurostat data show the trends in the development of this type of sea tourism in the EU countries last year.

The only sea cruise departing from the port of Varna was in 2013, according to European statistics.

The Bulgarian navy expects three companies to submit offers to supply two patrol vessels under an ongoing tender: Italy's Fincantieri, Germany's Lürssen, and Bulgarian shipbuilder MTG Dolphin, reports Defense News. 

French President Emmanuel Macron has made his first major intervention in the corporate world by nationalising a shipyard to stop it falling into Italian hands.

In a move that shows the limits of the new government’s economic liberalism, the finance ministry on Thursday said the state was exercising its pre-emption right to buy out all the shareholders in STX France.

Super-yacht Ocean Victory which belongs to Russian billionaire Viktor Rashnikov arrived in the cosmopolitan island of Mykonos. The “floating palace” which can comfortably accommodate 26 guests and 50 crew members had docked in Greek islands of Rhodes and Paros before reaching Mykonos.