The famous yards have filed for Bankruptcy and the Tabacchi family, who own the majority of the shares, seem to favour a sale to San Lorenzo. They are blaming a sharp downturn in business on CV-19.
That is what's being said in the news. https://www.tradeonlytoday.com/industry-news/sanlorenzo-to-acquire-perini-navi Sanlorenzo are cash rich after their successful IPO last December and are very ambitious. The acquisition does make sense.
A lot of rumors floating around Viareggio. It will be interesting to see how they shake out. No one wants to publicly disclose what this has done to them, what orders have been cancelled and what boats being built are now in a questionable situation. Some buyers so deep in the process they'll finish but the boat is immediately for sale. Others claiming breach of contract just in what I'd think would be a futile effort to get their money back but to delay things as well.