''Cantiere navale di Palermo'' (Palermo Shipyard) is a shipyard in

Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...

, Sicily. The premise falls within the

Port of Palermo Port of Palermo ( it, Porto di Palermo) is a port serving Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The port of Palermo is one of the major ports for passenger traffic in the Mediterranean. According to author Patrizia Fabbri the port has been "a constant drivin ...

area. The Port Authority agreed a State concession to Fincantieri expiring 2057. The shipyard has two graving docks (respectively by 400,000 dwt and 20,000 dwt) and one new building shipway.

History

It was founded in 1897 by

Ignazio Florio Jr. Ignazio Florio Jr. (Palermo, 1 September 1869 – Palermo, 19 September 1957) was an Italian entrepreneur, heir of the rich Florio economic dynasty, one of the wealthiest Italian families during the late 19th century.

, grandson of Vincenzo Florio Sr. Construction was protracted and Florio was forced to sell his stake in the shipyard to Attilio Odero in 1905. It was then amalgamated with the two shipyards belonging to Officine e Cantieri Liguri-Anconetani into Cantieri Navali Riuniti (CNR) on 31 January 1906. In 1925 CNR was renamed as Cantieri Navali del Tirreno after it gained control of the

Cantiere navale di Riva Trigoso ''Cantiere navale di Riva Trigoso'' (Riva Trigoso Shipyard) is an Italian shipyard. Founded on 1 August 1897 by Erasmo Piaggio's Società Esercizio Bacini (a drydock-operating company) in Riva Trigoso, it mostly built commercial ships. In 1925 ...

. After completing bankruptcy proceedings in August 1973, it came under the control of

Italcantieri Fincantieri S.p.A. () is an Italian shipbuilding company based in Trieste, Italy. Already the largest shipbuilder in Europe, after the acquisition of Vard in 2013, Fincantieri group doubled in size to become the fourth largest in the world (2014 ...

and then

Fincantieri Fincantieri S.p.A. () is an Italian shipbuilding company based in Trieste, Italy. Already the largest shipbuilder in Europe, after the acquisition of Vard in 2013, Fincantieri group doubled in size to become the fourth largest in the world (2014 ...

in 1984.

Ships built

Notable ships built by Palermo Shipyard includes: * the

Soldati-class destroyer The Soldati class (also known as ''Camicia Nera'' class, meaning Blackshirt) were a group of destroyers built for the (Royal Italian Navy) during World War II. The ships were named after military professions (''Artigliere'', for example, meaning ...

s of

Royal Italian Navy The ''Regia Marina'' (; ) was the navy of the Kingdom of Italy (''Regno d'Italia'') from 1861 to 1946. In 1946, with the birth of the Italian Republic (''Repubblica Italiana''), the ''Regia Marina'' changed its name to '' Marina Militare'' (" ...

: Bersagliere and Granatiere in 1938 * the Capitani Romani-class cruiser ''Ulpio Traiano'' (1939) * the

Ro-Ro ferry Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using ...

MV Avrasya ''Avrasya'' is a Ro-Ro ferry that was hijacked in the Black Sea hostage crisis of 1996. Originally built in 1953 as the passenger ship ''Lazio'', she was converted to a Ro-Ro ferry in 1967. In 1979, she was sold to Greece and renamed ''Sant An ...

(built as ''Lazio'' in 1953) * the freighter

Grande America ''Grande America'' was a roll-on/roll-off cargo ship built by Fincantieri in 1997, owned and operated by Grimaldi Lines, a subsidiary of Grimaldi Group. It sank in the Bay of Biscay in March 2019. Sinking On 10 March 2019, ''Grande America'' ...

(1997) * the offshore supply vessels ''UOS Challenger'' (2009), '' UOS Enterprise'', ''UOS Pathfinder'' and ''UOS Navigator'' (2010)

Bibliography

References

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