Europe’s Maritime Industrial Base
Shipyards, ports and underwater systems in the new autonomy agenda
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About this report
Europe’s maritime autonomy is no longer a narrow question of naval procurement, merchant shipping or port throughput. It now depends on whether Europe can retain the industrial capacity to design, build, equip, repair, retrofit and protect complex maritime assets under strategic pressure.
Shipyards, naval yards, port equipment suppliers, offshore wind vessels, cable-laying and cable-repair vessels, underwater drones, maritime robotics and strategic ports now form one connected industrial system. This system sits at the intersection of defence, energy security, economic security, critical infrastructure protection and industrial policy.
Key questions this report answers
- Why does European maritime autonomy now depend on retaining the industrial capacity to design, build, repair and protect complex maritime assets?
- How do shipyards, port equipment, offshore-wind and cable vessels, underwater drones and strategic ports form one connected industrial system?
- How do regulation, ports and demand formation shape the maritime industrial base?
- What is the Defence Finance Monitor judgement on Europe's maritime industrial capacity?
Inside this report
- Maritime autonomy as an industrial and financial question
- Mapping the maritime industrial base
- Regulation, ports and demand formation
- Defence Finance Monitor judgement
Who it's for
Strategy, corporate-development and investment teams that need an ecosystem-level view — budgets, industrial capacity and technology landscapes — before committing capital or capacity.
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DFM reports are built from primary and official sources — TED procurement notices, CORDIS and the EU Funding & Tenders Portal, EIB operations, the NATO Innovation Fund portfolio, SIPRI data, official budget documents and company disclosures — read together with the underlying legal texts. Sources are cited in the document; it reflects them as of its publication date (04 July 2026). You receive a 22-page PDF, watermarked to you on every page, delivered on the confirmation page and by e-mail immediately after checkout (personal link valid 72 hours, up to 5 downloads). Guest checkout, single-user licence — Terms of Sale.
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