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RODRIQUEZ CANTIERI NAVALI is a leading shipyard in the worldwide market and who has for more than 60 years been at the technological forefront in the field of high speed ship construction and with their hallmark being a very high quality product. Rodriquez was founded in 1887 as a small ship repair yard. In 1956, they were the first shipyard in the world to build a high speed commercial ship. In 1993 Rodriquez delivered the first and still the fastest passenger and vehicle ferry capable of a speed of 47 knots. Since 1887 up until today, Rodriquez Cantieri Navali has specialized in the construction of technologically advanced and innovative fast ships from 14 m to 150 m built in fiberglass or aluminium, in carbonfiber or steel for the commercial, military, and yacht markets. They have produced more than 500 ships for these markets and have delivered them to more than 24 countries throughout the world. Rodriquez Cantieri Navali has 3 yards located in Italy and 1 in Brazil. The integration between the specific production facilities and the research, engineering and development centres allows for the transfer of technology and knowhow to the diverse elements of the group thereby maintaining a continuous quality improvement and an optimization of the production processes.
The production facilities are in Messina (Sicily) for the aluminium and steel vessels. For composite production, the yards are located in Sarzana (Italy’s North West coast) and in Naples. The Sarzana yard, also referred to as Intermarine and who has become a Rodriquez company in 2002, is world reknowned for their expertise in advanced composite construction methods. The brazilian yard is located in Rio de Janeiro where Rodriquez Cantieri Navali do Brasil is building ten passenger aluminium catamaran. On the basis of all the studies developed in the stabilization and sea keeping field in 1998 Rodriquez Marine System has been created; the company, in fact, designs and builds auxiliary on-board systems including, monitoring and control systems, hydraulic systems, and stabilisation systems. Rodriquez Marine Systems is emerging as a leader in the supply of such systems to some of the leading yards around the world. As of today, Rodriquez
has more than 400 employees and there are more than 50 ships under
construction with a total order book of around 410 million euros. |
