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This is a list of the largest shipbuilding companies in 2016 ... Shipbuilding: $5.1 Saint Petersburg, Russia: 2007 See also. List of shipbuilders and shipyards;
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California; Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New England Shipbuilding Corporation, South Portland, Maine; Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock, Newport News, Virginia; New York Shipbuilding Corporation (New York Ship), Camden, New Jersey (1899–1967) Norfolk Naval Shipyard ...
The giant ocean liner Queen Mary 2 under construction Russian amphibious assault ship Sevastopol awaiting delivery, December 2014. The current Chantiers de l'Atlantique yard evolved from the Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire, France, famous for building the transatlantic liners: France, Île de France, and Normandie.
Fincantieri S.p.A. (Italian pronunciation: [fiŋkanˈtjɛːri]) 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). [2] The company builds both commercial and military vessels.
At its height, from 1900 to the 1950s, it was one of the most highly regarded, and internationally famous, shipbuilding companies in the world. [1] However thereafter, along with other UK shipbuilders, John Brown's found it increasingly difficult to compete with the emerging shipyards in Eastern Europe and the far East.
Over the four years from 2007, the total number of employees in the European shipbuilding industry declined from 150,000 to 115,000. [76] In 2022, some key shipbuilders in Europe are Fincantieri, Damen Group, Navantia, Naval Group and BAE Systems. [77] Shipbuilding output of the United States also underwent a similar change.
Galați shipyard Galați is the largest naval shipyard on the Danube, given its strategic positioning inland but with access to the sea through either Sulina or Danube-Black Sea canal its output ranges from large tankers to research vessels, yachts and small coast guard patrol boats. The yard is known for taking on specialty projects and under ...
Meyer is one of the largest and most modern shipyards in the world with about 3300 employees, and home to the largest roofed dry docks in the world. The first covered dock was inaugurated in 1987 and was 370 meters long, 101,5 meters wide and 60 meters high. In 1990/91 the dock was extended by an additional 100 meters.