Last Friday , Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri downed tools at its shipyards across the country in response to measures applied by the Italian Government aimed at preventing and countering the chance of infection of the coronavirus by its shipyard staff.
“In line with this, Fincantieri considers its key priorities – once again – the protection of its personnel and subcontractors, as well as meeting the current needs of our country,” the company said.
Operations have been suspended for a two-week period (until 29 March, 2020).
“This decision has been taken considering that the suspension of activities for a 14-day period is consistent with the indications imposed by the health authorities regarding quarantine in order to reduce the chance of infection, meet the government restriction measures, as well as allow all the workers to carry out appropriate actions to tackle emergency,” Fincantieri said in a statement.
The business said once the coronavirus situation is “normalised”, it expects to restart its ship manufacturing “at full power in order to protect the future of our company and of our country, without resulting in an economic loss for the workers.”
“Only by doing so, with a small sacrifice compared to Italy’s state of emergency, we will avoid jeopardising our future while protecting the company’s operational continuity, as well as maintaining the employment levels and the trustworthiness gained by Fincantieri with its domestic and foreign customers, which can be assured that, once the situation is normalised, the following ship deliveries will be performed in compliance with the contractual deadlines,” Fincantieri concluded.
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