The CI.MAR Shipyard (Cimolai-Mariotti) is a

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based in

San Giorgio di Nogaro San Giorgio di Nogaro ( fur, Sant Zorç di Noiâr, Central Eastern Friulian: ''San Zorz'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about south of ...

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. It is a

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between T. Mariotti (a Genoa-based shipbuilder) and Cimolai (a steel manufacturer). The ship's hulls are built at the CIMAR Shipyard and then towed to T. Mariotti's shipyard in

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to be completed. The journey to Genoa usually takes around ten days. Often the hulls are floated down the

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on a smaller barge, due to the narrowness of the river.

History

Cimolai S.p.A. opened it's San Giorgio di Nogaro fabrication plant in 2003. Initially the plant made steel pipes but the facility began making ship hulls in 2007 as part of the joint venture. The yard's first ship was

Seabourn Odyssey MV ''Seabourn Odyssey'' is a cruise ship for Seabourn Cruise Line. The ship's keel was laid at the CIMAR Shipyard in on 15 July 2007. Its hull was the first one built at the brand new shipyard. ''Seabourn Odyssey'' was outfitted at the T. Mari ...

in July 2007.

References

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