San Giorgio del Porto and Piombino Industrie Marittime shipyards, together with Fincantieri SI, have been selected as the preferred and approved bidder in the tender launched last year by Venice-based ACTV to build a new 800 GT ferry for deployment in the lagoon. The budget for the project is EUR 21.8 million.
Several other shipbuilding groups also expressed interest during the initial stage of the tender process, including S&Y (Sea and Yachting), Baglietto, Palumbo Superyachts, QIM, Siman, Astilleros Armon, Ostseestal GmbH, and Kewatec Aluboat.
