Rodriquez Cantieri Navali has five shipyards,
four located in Italy and one in Brazil. The integration between
the specific production facilities and the research, engineering
and development centres creates a transfer of technology and knowhow
to the diverse elements of the group thereby maintaining an optimization
of the production processes along with continuous quality improvement.
The production facilities, which conform to the most intensive quality
requirements of ISO 9001 and AQAP – 110, are in Messina (Sicily)
and in Pietra Ligure (close to the french border) for aluminium
and steel vessels. For composite ships, 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 recently become
a Rodriquez company, is world reknowned for their expertise in advanced
composite construction methods.
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The Rodriquez shipyards are located
at:
- Messina (Sicily);
- Pietra Ligure - Savona (North West Coast);
- Sarzana & La Spezia (Eastern NorthWest coast);
- Naples;
- Rio de Janeiro

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Messina (Sicily)
In Messina the corporate headquarters for Rodriquez are located.
The Messina shipyard is
optimized for the construction of smaller craft (up to 70 m long)
in aluminium or steel along with hydrofoils. It covers an area of
more than 30,000 square meters of which almost 17,000 is covered.
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Total land space 30
000 m2
Covered areas 16
690 m2
Slipways 1
Covered new-building areas 4
Maximum ship length 70 meters
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The current workforce
is about 300 permanent employees that will double or even triple
through our long-term arrangements with specialist sub-contractors
during peak capacity.
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Pietra Ligure,
Italy
The Pietra Ligure shipyard is specialized in the construction of
the bigger ships (from 70 to 150 m long) in aluminium or steel;
it has a total area of approx 44,000 square meters of which more
than 16,000 are covered. There are two slipways capable of accommodating
up to 150-meter long craft.
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Total land space 44
148 m2
Covered areas 16
780 m2
Slipways 2
Covered new-building areas 2
Maximum ship length 150 meters
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Sarzana, Italy
Sarzana (near La Spezia), is the headquarters,
the Research and Development Department and the main shipyard
of Intermarine. Specialized in the construction of composite material
minehunters as well as fast patrol boats it has a total area of
approx 76,000 square meters of which more than 16,000 are covered.
The shipyard features a 95 m covered dry-dock which extends the
main production line roofed area to a total of 250 m.
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Total land space 76
225 m2
Covered areas 16
120 m2
Drydock 1
x 250 m
Maximum ship length 80 meters
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La Spezia, Italy
In La Spezia there is the Intermarine
outfitting yard, devoted to the outfitting and final completion
of the vessels and to acceptance testing before delivery to the
custom.
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Total land space 2
450 m2
Covered areas 800
m2
Maximum ship length 80 meters
Max dock width
70 meters
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Naples, Italy
The fourth shipyard is in Naples. Bought by Rodriquez at
the end of 2001, this yard is the hystorical
headquarters of Conam dedicated
to the construction of composite semi-custom pleasure craft
from 12 m up to 25 m.
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Total land space 5
000 m2
Covered areas 3000
m2
Maximum Annual
production 12
vessels
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Rio de Janeiro,
Brasil
A new yard was established in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2001. |
Total land space 13
000 m2
Covered areas 5
000 m2
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| Following an order of
ten catamarans (seven 52 meter double ended, 18 knot ships and three
29 meter, 25 knot ships), the company established a new facility in
Rio de Janeiro to fulfil the contract and to build and market all
the entire product range of Rodriquez. |