In the first quarter of this year, the value of the revenues of the Fincantieri shipbuilding group grew slightly by +0.2%, while the new orders acquired during the period by the company. Revenues are amounted to a total of €1.78 billion, of which €1.34 billion billion from shipbuilding activities (-6.2% over the first quarter of 2023, of which €914 million in the cruise ship business, -1.7%, and €415 million in the of naval vessels, -14.3%), €299 million from the Offshore segment and special vessels (+25.7%) and €278 million from the Systems segment, components and infrastructure (+5.0%). Ebitda was €100 million (+15.8%), with a contribution of €84 million from the Shipbuilding division (+7.5%), €13 million from the Offshore and special vessels (+41.6%) and €16 million from the division Systems, components and infrastructures (+70.5%).

In the first three months of 2024, the global value of new orders was 539 million, including 141 million in the Shipbuilding segment (-44.0%), €498 million in the Offshore and special vessels segment (-6.6%) and €207 million in the Systems, Components & Infrastructure segment (-13,2%).

The Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Fincantieri, Pierroberto Folgiero, said he was very satisfied with the results achieved in the first quarter of 2024, 'which confirm and improve - he pointed out - the excellent performance last year both in economic, financial and Commercial. Orders for the first months of the year - he added Folgiero - saw further confirmation of the robust growth demand in both the civil and military sectors where we have the Southeast Asian market which, together with the Middle East, Oriente was a strategic objective of the business plan. The 16% increase in EBITDA in absolute terms and the significant improvement in percentage margins, up by 0.8 points compared to the first quarter of 2023, testifying to the effectiveness of the of the actions envisaged in the business plan aimed at increasing the profitability. On the front of the new strategy, the acquisition of the Underwater business line Armament Systems from Leonardo S.p.A. - explained Folgiero referring to to the binding agreement signed in recent days ( of 10 May 2024) - is a significant step that strengthens the further our position in the diving and naval defence is becoming increasingly geopolitically relevant. A agreement that will allow us to accelerate our strategy of technological integration and which will allow us to offer New solutions and new means to our customers in the new domain of diving. Folgiero concluded, the strategic focus on the digitalisation of the ship system and on the reduction of emissions it is already bringing to the industrialization of distinctive solutions for our offer and very innovative for our customers."