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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.

The Rodriquez shipyards are located at:
- Messina (Sicily);
- Pietra Ligure - Savona (North West Coast);
- Sarzana & La Spezia (Eastern NorthWest coast);
- Naples;
- Rio de Janeiro


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.


Total land space          30 000 m2
Covered areas             16 690 m2
Slipways                                       1
Covered new-building areas        4
Maximum ship length      70 meters


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.

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.

Total land space          44 148 m2
Covered areas             16 780 m2
Slipways                                      2
Covered new-building areas       2
Maximum ship length   150 meters


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.



Total land space           76 225 m2
Covered areas             16 120 m2
Drydock                         1 x 250 m
Maximum ship length       80 meters

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.


Total land space           2 450 m2
Covered areas                 800 m2
Maximum ship length    80 meters
Max dock width            70 meters
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.

Total land space             5 000 m2
Covered areas                3000 m2
Maximum Annual
production                      12 vessels


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


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.