“
From
the very
beginning the
French were
interested in
collaboration.
Seas (commissioned by RCCL) which
was delivered in 1995. In Kallio’s mind,
the secret of success is pretty simple:
“From the point of view of the
customer, the quality and the price
must always be right.”
In mid-December 2014, Parmarine still has ongoing deliveries to the
project. Kallio says that deliveries will
continue to the threshold of spring –
and then it’s onwards to new challenges.
“We’ve signed a contract for
Oasis 4, too,” says Kallio, commenting that the new order is pretty much
“identical” with Oasis 3.
GOING DEEPER
According to Finpro, Finnish companies should explore “the French connection” even further, now that the
door has been opened in a big way
and there is plenty of potential for cooperation.
The wild card in the mix may well
be the ownership of STX France. The
Korean owner is shopping St. Nazaire
around, with Italian Fincantieri being
rumoured to be a top candidate to
buy the shipyard. From a purely business standpoint, St. Nazaire is doing
well, with orderbooks being filled until
2020.
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