Rauma-class.The series of four missile boats
for the new “Squadron 2000” are called the
Hamina-class.
Aker Finnyards also has an own Lifecycle Services department, through which
the yard wants to support the cruise operators to ensure that year after year cruise
customers receive the state of the art experience onboard that they are used to.
In June 2004 an agreement was made
with Royal Caribbean International Ltd. on
a revitalisation and lengthening project of
the luxury cruise ship M/S Enchantment of
the Seas.The project is regarded strategically important for the yard in the growing
market of cruise ship conversions.
Piikkio Works, the 100 % owned
subsidiary of Aker Finnyards specialises
in the building of cabin areas based on
the concept of prefabricated cabin and
bathroom modules for the ship building
industry.They do design, consulting, manufacture and installation.
Human resources
The number of per sonnel at Aker
Finnyards amounts to some 4,000 employees. The company‘s “assembly yard”
concept means employing directly these
“own” people and lots of others in cooperation companies, thus boosting the
whole surrounding economic regions.
The shipyards within the company
have for several years adapted this concept,
utilising a network of advanced partners. A
lot of outfitting work is out-sourced to them,
and the network of suppliers today form
an integrated part of the shipbuilding activities. The co-operating companies have
adapted their own production to seamlessly
fit into the projects of the shipyard.
With the highly qualified workforce
and network of advanced partners combined with Aker Finnyards´ highly qualified
production and project management, the
assembly yard philosophy leads to the
shortest possible throughput time, excellent quality and overall economy.
Facilities
The shipbuilding capacity of Aker Finnyards
is distributed to three shipyards in Finland.
The three yards situated in Helsinki,
Rauma and Turku are amongst the largest
yard facilities in Europe. The modern and
efficient units have benefitted from several
investment and development programmes.
The Turku shipyard is one of the
largest and most modern in Europe.
The dimensions of the newbuilding
dock (365 x 80 x 10 metres) enable the
construction of virtually any type of vessel
and the dock is equipped with a 600 tonnes
gantry crane.
A recent large investment programme
at the yard included increased automation
of the steel production line and new indoor production facilities including halls for
steel production and block assembly.
Production at the Helsinki shipyard
is carried out in a covered newbuilding
dock, measuring 280.5 x 34 x 9.5 metres.
It allows the construction of full-sized
Panamax vessels.
Recent investments include a new
paintshop, and increasing the lifting height
and lifting capacity, to 450 tonnes, in the
covered newbuilding dock.
In the 260 x 85 x 9 metres newbuilding dock of the Rauma shipyard it is possible to build vessels up