Tag: shipbuilder

Titanic shipbuilder suspends shares amid row with auditors

Belfast-based shipbuilder Harland & Wolff asked for trading of its London-listed shares to be halted – Radharc Images/Alamy Stock Photo Shares in the troubled shipyard that built the Titanic have been suspended after auditors refused to sign off its accounts, prompting fresh fears for a major Royal Navy contract. Harland & Wolff asked for trading […]

Chairman of Italy’s state-controlled shipbuilder dies

The chairman of Italy’s state-controlled shipbuilder Fincantieri, Claudio Graziano, a retired general who once headed the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, has died aged 70, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Monday. The cause of death was not disclosed but Italian media reported that a gun and note were found near his body in his […]

Turkish shipbuilder STM to construct three vessels for Malaysia

ISTANBUL — Turkey will build three vessels for the Royal Malaysian Navy under the latter’s Littoral Mission Ship Batch 2 Project as part of a deal signed by the two nations. This marks the first time Malaysia has signed a government-to-government agreement to procure defense equipment. The countries inked the deal at a ceremony Monday, […]