France Confirms Fincantieri-STX Shipyard Deal
By Crispian Balmer ROME, Aug 1 (Reuters) – France hopes Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri’s takeover of STX France will be wrapped up soon, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday,...
By Crispian Balmer ROME, Aug 1 (Reuters) – France hopes Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri’s takeover of STX France will be wrapped up soon, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday,...
The world’s largest cruise ship was delivered to Royal Caribbean International on Friday by STX France at their Saint-Nazaire, France. Symphony of the Seas, Royal Caribbean’s fourth Oasis-class vessel, is...
By Giselda Vagnoni LYON, France, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri will take effective control of STX France under a shared ownership agreement, the office of French President Emmanuel...
By John Follain and Helene Fouquet (Bloomberg) — French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni are close to an accord that would give Fincantieri SpA majority control...
By Gwénaëlle Barzic and Giulia Segreti ROME/MILAN, Aug 1 (Reuters) – France and Italy want to find a solution for Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri’s blocked takeover bid for STX France shipyards...
PARIS, July 30 (Reuters) – France will offer to expand shipbuilding cooperation with Italy into naval vessels, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said, after Paris thwarted a tie-up it is...
By Helene Fouquet and Mark Deen (Bloomberg) — As first steps go, President Emmanuel Macron’s decision Thursday to nationalize a shipyard is as French as it gets. The move, aimed at blocking...
By Leigh Thomas and Crispian Balmer PARIS/ROME, July 27 (Reuters) – France will nationalize the STX France shipyard to prevent an Italian firm taking majority control, the economy minister said...
SAINT-NAZAIRE, France, May 31 (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he wanted to review the terms of a recent deal to sell a large stake in the...
Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri on Friday signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in STX France, operator of the 150-year-old shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France, as the Italian shipbuilder looks...
By Gregory Viscusi (Bloomberg) — The heart of Saint-Nazaire’s economy can be seen from almost anywhere in town: The MSC Meraviglia cruise ship towers over the French port from the...
By Michel Rose PARIS, Feb 17 (Reuters) – France does not want Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri to hold more than 50 percent of bid target STX France, but is willing...
By Emmanuel Jarry PARIS, Jan 11 (Reuters) – A bid by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for STX France is likely to be signed formally around Feb. 15 with the deal finalised...
By Joyce Lee and Emmanuel Jarry SEOUL/PARIS, Jan 3 (Reuters) – A South Korean court approved Italy’s Fincantieri on Tuesday as the preferred bidder to buy shipbuilder STX France, helping...
PARIS, Dec 30 (Reuters) – France may intervene in the sale of the Saint-Nazaire shipyard by bankrupt South Korean shipbuilder STX if the French government’s conditions are not met, Industry...
MILAN/SEOUL, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Italian shipbuilding and construction group Fincantieri SpA is the only bidder for shipping group STX France, a source close to the matter said on Tuesday....
STX France and MSC Cruises have announced they have finalized the contracts for two new 177,000-ton cruise ships for MSC. The two next-generation ships will be the largest ever built...
SEOUL, Nov 4 (Reuters) – Four parties have expressed interest in buying one or both of South Korea’s STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co Ltd and a controlling stake in STX...
By Emmanuel Jarry PARIS, Nov 3 (Reuters) – The French government has told South Korea it will oppose any solution for shipbuilder STX France that is against national industrial interests,...
PARIS, Oct 10 (Reuters) – The French government said on Monday it was not planning to take a majority stake in the French subsidiary of struggling South Korean shipyard group...
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