CIMAR Shipyard

CIMAR Shipyard, also known as CI.MAR Shipyard or Cimolai-Mariotti, is an Italian shipbuilding venture based in San Giorgio di Nogaro in the province of Udine. The operation combines the steel-fabrication expertise of Cimolai with the shipbuilding and completion capabilities of T. Mariotti, a Genoa-based specialist yard. Its principal role is to construct ship hulls and related large steel structures before they are transferred to Genoa for outfitting, engineering completion, and delivery. The San Giorgio di Nogaro facility was originally established by Cimolai S.p.A. in 2003 as a steel-fabrication plant. Its initial production focused on steel pipes rather than ships. In 2007, the site was adapted for marine construction through the partnership between Cimolai and T. Mariotti. This created a production arrangement in which the relatively spacious facility in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region could be used for hull fabrication, while T. Mariotti’s established Genoa yard handled the later stages of vessel completion. The first ship associated with the shipyard was Seabourn Odyssey, whose hull was completed at CIMAR in July 2007. The project established the yard’s operating model: a vessel begins as a hull at San Giorgio di Nogaro and is subsequently moved to Genoa. The transfer generally takes approximately ten days. Because the Corno River is too narrow for some movements by conventional route, hulls may be floated along the river on a smaller barge before continuing their journey toward the Adriatic and Genoa. CIMAR is therefore best understood as a specialized production site and shipbuilding brand rather than a fully independent, end-to-end cruise-line or commercial-vessel manufacturer. Its public profile is closely connected to the activities of its two partners, and available reference material identifies hull construction as its defining capability. The arrangement allows the partners to separate large-scale steel fabrication from final shipyard completion while retaining an integrated project workflow. Specific details about the venture’s ownership percentages, executive structure, current order book, revenue, employee count, and website are not established in the supplied reference material.

CIMAR Shipyard developed from Cimolai S.p.A.’s steel-fabrication presence in San Giorgio di Nogaro, Udine. Cimolai opened the facility in 2003, initially using it to manufacture steel pipes. The site’s industrial scale and location later made it suitable for marine fabrication. In 2007, Cimolai and the Genoa-based shipbuilder T. Mariotti established a joint venture to use the facility for ship-hull construction. The venture’s production model divided shipbuilding work between two locations. CIMAR would fabricate the hull in San Giorgio di Nogaro, while T. Mariotti would complete the vessel at its Genoa shipyard. This structure enabled the partners to use the San Giorgio facility for major steel work and the Genoa yard for subsequent outfitting and final shipbuilding activities. The first ship built through the CIMAR operation was Seabourn Odyssey, whose hull was completed in July 2007. After construction in San Giorgio di Nogaro, hulls are transported to Genoa for completion. The movement generally takes around ten days. The narrow Corno River can require the hull to be floated on a smaller barge before it reaches a route suitable for onward movement. This logistical feature is a distinctive part of the yard’s operating process. The available reference material describes CIMAR primarily as a hull-construction site within the Cimolai–Mariotti partnership. It does not provide sufficient information to establish a separate corporate headquarters beyond the San Giorgio di Nogaro facility, detailed management history, ownership percentages, later vessel programs, financial performance, or a standalone corporate website. Accordingly, the documented history remains focused on the conversion of Cimolai’s 2003 steel plant into a shipbuilding facility and its first known vessel project in 2007.

• 2007

  Ship-hull production begins through the Cimolai–Mariotti venture

  [1]CIMAR Shipyarden.wikipedia.org

  The facility began constructing ship hulls after Cimolai and T. Mariotti formed their shipbuilding joint venture.

• 2007

  Seabourn Odyssey becomes the first ship associated with the yard

  [1]CIMAR Shipyarden.wikipedia.org

  The hull of Seabourn Odyssey was completed at CIMAR in July 2007, marking the operation’s first documented ship project.

• 2003

  Cimolai opens the San Giorgio di Nogaro fabrication plant

  [1]CIMAR Shipyarden.wikipedia.org

  Cimolai S.p.A. opened the San Giorgio di Nogaro facility as a steel-fabrication plant. Its initial work included the production of steel pipes.

A specialized Italian hull-construction facility within the Cimolai–T. Mariotti shipbuilding partnership, using San Giorgio di Nogaro for fabrication and Genoa for final completion.

• Marine construction · 2007

  Ship hulls

  CIMAR’s documented core output is the fabrication of ship hulls at its San Giorgio di Nogaro facility. Once the hull is structurally complete, it is transferred to T. Mariotti’s Genoa shipyard for outfitting and final completion. The production arrangement is particularly suited to large steel fabrication carried out separately from the later stages of vessel construction.

1. 1CIMAR Shipyarden.wikipedia.org