DCNS: European naval shipbuilding consolidation 'inescapable'

摘要

France's DCNS has declared that European naval shipbuilding consolidation is both "inescapable and desirable", adding that "contractors will be stronger if they join forces than if they remain isolated". The comments from the state-owned group - Europe's largest naval surface shipbuilder - come after Germany's ThyssenKrupp moved to quell speculation recently over a possible merger of its own interests with those of DCNS. In response to media speculation at the start of August regarding the combination of the assets of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) with those of DCNS into an "EADS of the seas", the German conglomerate said that "no such talks" had taken place and that "none were planned".