Fincantieri

Fincantieri - Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. is a shipbuilding company based in Trieste, Italy.

It designs and builds merchant vessels, passenger ships, offshore, and naval vessels, and is also active in the conversion and ship repair sectors. The company also owned Grandi Motori Trieste, which constructed marine diesel engines, but this was sold to Wartsila in 1999. [ [http://www.wartsila.com/,en,aboutus,0,generalcontent,4327E4DD-8FF5-4FB8-A5F7-7C39B3A16B4F,5000185E-91F7-485C-A9BC-9062F87FFA46,,.htm Company history ] ] Originally founded in 1959 as Società Finanziaria Cantieri Navali – Fincantieri S.p.A. as a State financial holding company, [ [http://www.fincantieri.it/cms/data/pages/000041.aspx Organisation ] ] part of IRI, the company became a separate entity in 1984.

Today Fincantieri is one of Europe's largest shipbuilding groups and the largest in the Mediterranean. [ [http://www.ts.camcom.it/english/strutture/fincantieri.htm Fincantieri ] ]

In Italy Fincantieri employs a staff of nearly 9,400 (rising to approximately 20,000 if the supply chain is included) working at 8 shipyards, two design centres, one research centre and two production sites for mechanical components.

The shipyards of Monfalcone (Gorizia), Marghera (Venice), Sestri Ponente (Genoa), Ancona, Castellammare di Stabia (Naples) and Palermo report to the Merchant Ships Business Unit while the shipyards of Riva Trigoso (Sestri Levante) and Muggiano (Lerici) report to the Naval Vessel Business Unit.

Fincantieri also owns the Lloyd Werft yard in Bremerhaven in Germany [Fincantieri web site] .

The Company Quality System is certified according to UNI EN ISO 9001:2000

hips

* Carnival Cruise Lines: "Carnival Destiny", "Carnival Triumph", "Carnival Victory", "Carnival Conquest", "Carnival Glory", "Carnival Valor", "Carnival Liberty", "Carnival Freedom", "Carnival Splendor", "Carnival Dream"
* Costa Cruises: "Costa Fortuna", "Costa Magica", "Costa Concordia", "Costa Serena", "Costa Luminosa" and "Costa Pacifica"
* Cunard Line: "MS Queen Victoria".
* Disney Cruise Line: "Disney Wonder" and "Disney Magic".
*Finnlines:"Finnstar, Finnmaid, Finnlady, Nordlink".
*Grandi Navi Veloci:"Excellent".
*Grimaldi Ferries: "Cruise Roma", "Cruise Barcelona".
* Holland America Line: "MS Volendam", "MS Zaandam", "MS Amsterdam", "MS Zuiderdam", "MS Oosterdam", "MS Westerdam", "MS Maasdam", "MS Noordam", and "MS Eurodam"
* Italian Navy: "Giuseppe Garibaldi", "Cavour".
* Minoan Lines: "Europa Palace, Olympia Palace, Festos Palace, Knossos Palace".
* Moby Lines: "Moby Aki".
* Princess Cruises: "Caribbean Princess", "Emerald Princess", "Crown Princess", "Grand Princess", "Golden Princess", "Star Princess", "Sun Princess", "Dawn Princess", "Sea Princess", "Crown Princess", "Regal Princess", and "Ocean Princess".
* P&O Cruises: "Arcadia (cruise ship)", "Ventura (ship)".
* P&O Ferries: "Pride of Rotterdam", "Pride of Hull".
* Sea Containers Ltd: HSC "SuperSeaCat One" ("Almudaina Dos"), HSC "SuperSeaCat Two" ("Viking"), HSC "SuperSeaCat Three", HSC "SuperSeaCat Four
* SNCM:" Danielle Casanova".
* Tirrenia di Navigazione:"Bithia, Janas, Athara, Nuraghes, Sharden, Aries, Taurus, Scorpio, Capricorn".

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External links

* [http://www.fincantieri.it/ Official Site] it icon en icon