Fincantieri Castellammare
Fincantieri Castellammare is part of Fincantieri, an Italian shipbuilding group with over 230 years of history, more than 7,000 ships built and 18 shipyards across three continents. The group designs and builds cruise ships, naval vessels, ferries, offshore and special vessels, and also works in ship interiors, systems and components, infrastructure, ship repair and conversion, after-sales services and underwater technologies. The website content available is group-level, so it does not detail the specific facilities or activities of the Castellammare site, other than noting that the first modern Italian shipyard began operations in Castellammare di Stabia in 1780 and that the training ship Vespucci was built there in 1931.
Fincantieri Castellammare
Fincantieri Castellammare belongs to Fincantieri S.p.A., a listed Italian group described on its own pages as the largest Italian manufacturing company and the heir to the Italian naval tradition, with over 230 years of history and more than 7,000 ships built. The group presents itself as the only global player active in all sectors of high-tech shipbuilding: a benchmark for major cruise operators, the sole supplier for the Italian Navy, and a partner to the US Navy and other foreign navies. Its 2023–2027 "Future on Board" plan and subsequent 2026–2030 industrial plan focus on digital and green ships, lifecycle management, and the underwater domain. The published material is group-wide and does not describe the Castellammare yard's individual capabilities.
Services
- Design and construction of ships across cruise, naval, ferry and offshore segments
- Ship repair and conversion
- After-sales services and full lifecycle management
- Ship interiors design and construction
- Systems, components and infrastructure, acting as system integrator for turnkey solutions
- Underwater technologies, civil and military, through the Group's Underwater Hub
- Engineering support, digital solutions and cybersecurity
Vessel Types
- Cruise ships (all market segments)
- Naval vessels for the Italian Navy, foreign navies and state bodies, including LSS, LHD and PPA classes, frigates and submarines
- Ferries and RoPax
- Offshore and special support vessels for oil and gas exploration and production
- Mega yachts
- Training ships (the Vespucci, built at Castellammare di Stabia in 1931)
Facilities
- 18 shipyards across three continents (elsewhere stated as four), with over 20,000 employees group-wide
- Smart manufacturing programme covering industrial robotics, drones, automation, additive manufacturing, process digitalisation and AI
- Open Innovation collaboration with universities, research centres, startups, suppliers and classification societies
Location
- Site associated with Castellammare di Stabia, Italy, where the first modern Italian shipyard began operations in 1780
- Group registered office: Fincantieri S.p.A., Via Genova 1, 34121 Trieste, Italy