Europe > ItalyFINCANTIERI - CANTIERI NAVALI S.P.A. (FINCANTIERI PALERMO SHIPYARD) - ITALY
Company profile
FINCANTIERI (FINCANTIERI CANTIERI NAVALI ITALIANI S.P.A), heir to the great tradition of Italian shipbuilding, is today one of the largest groups in the world in the design and construction of merchant and naval vessels. The company's core business is the construction of complex ships with high technological content such as cruise ships and large ferries. Moreover, it is the reference builder in the naval field, providing a wide range of ship types including surface vessels and submarines. FINCANTIERI sets out to be a partner to ship owners and to the defense sector with innovative, tailor-made products backed by a high service level. The company's wide ranging engineering expertise and capacity to build prototypes enable it to take up new opportunities on the market by developing tailor-made products. FINCANTIERI work as prime contractors in the field of ordinary and extraordinary maintenance, conversions/upgrading, providing technical support and assistance in drawing up and managing maintenance programs, in accurately estimating the length of time the ship will be out of service, in addition to coordinating and carrying out purchasing activities, up to execution of the work in the shipyard. Wide-ranging technical skills and consolidated production and technological capacities enable the company to satisfy all the customer's requirements, with the guarantee of high quality services within contained delivery time frames.
FINCANTIERI provides its services through a dedicated facility in the Mediterranean (Palermo shipyard), a unit in the Adriatic Sea (Trieste Shipyard) and two units in the Gulf of Genova (Muggiano Shipyard and Genova Shipyard).
FINCANTIERI Palermo Shipyard
FINCANTIERI Palermo Shipyard is strategically located at the center of the Mediterranean Sea with a docking capacity of up to 400.000D.W.T.. The port of Palermo boasts a thousand years history and it is characteristic that etymologically the name "Palermo" derives from the Greek Panormus, which means "all" port. The shipyard has been in operation for almost two centuries and has built a special relationship with Greek shipping, being repeatedly chosen by renowned companies throughout this time.
Key Facilities
| NAME | DRY DOCK TYPE | LENGTH (M) | WIDTH (M) | DEPTH (M) | LIFTING CAPACITY (L.T.) | DEADWEIGHT CAPACITY (D.W.T.) | CRANAGE (T) |
| Nr. 1 | Graving Dock | 163.35 | 22.80 | 7.40-6.60 | X | 20.000 | 1 x 30 |
| Nr. 2 | Graving Dock | 193 | 30.18 | 7.80 | X | 30.000 | 2 x 8 |
| Nr. 3 | Graving Dock | 286 | 46.20 | 7.60 | X | 150.000 | 3 x 15 |
| Nr. 4 | Graving Dock | 370 | 68 | 10.45-11.35 | X | 400.000 | 2 x 120 2 x 20 |
