Relaxation room in the SPA. NIT Naval Interior Team delivered over 3 000 m2 SPA & Fitness Area turn-key for the Oasis of the Seas.
Turku: Birthplace of Oasis
Oasis of the Seas has been subject
comments that the biggest cruise ships in
part of maritime cluster network effort,
to intense media attention. The un-
the world are made in the Turku shipyard
with about 500 Turku Region companies
– and this includes both Oasis-class vessels,
participating in the process. This network
Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas, as
can hardly be moved to Korea or anyplace
well as the previous Freedom-class ships.
else.”
precedented success story has resulted in a situation where many
parties are announcing themselves
STX, the owner of the Turku ship-
According to Elo, continuity and col-
as the “mother” of the grand ves-
yard, is of course a Korean company, but
laboration will remain key factors for suc-
sel. Recent article in The Korea Ti-
it was Finnish top expertise that designed
cess for the maritime cluster. The Turku
mes, for instance, listed the Oa-
and built the Oasis. Combined, the two
shipyard has been struck by the global re-
giant vessels bring 12,000 working years
cession and as of yet, no new orders have
to the region.
been confirmed. However, the Finnish of-
sis of the Seas as the “peak” of
Korean shipbuilding.
ficials have engaged in extensive supportive actions to make sure that shipyard op-
ship operations to South Korea, but Elo be-
I
From time to time, there are speculations about the Koreans shifting cruise
erations will continue in Turku.
n Turku, Finland, the move has not gone
lieves that it is not so easy to copy down
unnoticed. Marketing Manager Juha Elo
the winning formula.
from Turku Region Development Centre
“The cruise ships are created as a
”In this city, ships have been built
for 300 years and this is not the first time
when the going gets tough,” Elo adds. ■
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