EDITORIAL
1/2019
BACK ON TRACK
While the biggest buzz surrounding Finnish maritime has involved
the Turku shipyard, there has been a stream of positive news from
the neighbouring shipyard of Rauma, as well. Since breaking away
from STX in 2014, Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) has quickly
made a name for itself as a capable builder and project manager.
In November 2018, the wholly Finnish-owned shipbuilding
company signed a letter of intent with Finnish Defence Forces
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Logistics Command for the construction of four corvettes for the
Finnish Navy. The contract for the construction of the vessels will be
signed in early 2019.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Petri Charpentier
Earlier, in October, RMC and Tallink announced a letter of
intent for a new high-speed car and passenger ferry between PROJECT MANAGER
Helsinki and Tallinn. RMC promises it can deliver on simultaneous Jaakko Lätti
orders: according to the plan, Tallink’s car and passenger ship
will be delivered at the end of 2021, and the construction of the EDITORIAL COORDINATOR
corvettes will begin in 2020 and last until 2027. The commercial Liisa Hyvönen
vessels and the corvettes are to be built alongside one another, but
kept completely separate as there are, for instance, various security
reasons to consider.
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Riitta Yli-Öyrä
In the light of these news, it’s no big surprise that Rauma
Marine Constructions is currently seeking more employees. The
company expects to grow significantly in the coming years due to
its new orders – and the eventual goal is to become a world-leading
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Sami J. Anteroinen
Ari Mononen
shipyard.
Also the entire Finnish maritime cluster seems to be pursuing
growth opportunities presently. In August 2018, a new maritime
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business accelerator programme started in Finland in order to add
some startup smarts to – already formidable – industry muscle.
In Maritime Accelerator, traditional maritime industry players
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operating on global markets – such as shipyards, design agencies
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instance, material and sensor technologies, robotics, sustainable
development, or logistics solutions.
The partner companies in the first programme are Wärtsilä,
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Royal Caribbean, Meyer Turku, Foreship, NAPA Group, and
CADMATIC, all of them representing the leading edge in the
world in their respective fields. The accelerator programme is
implemented by the regional development company Turku Science
Park.
The Finnish maritime cluster doesn’t really need a dictionary
to distinguish between ‘pilot’ and ‘pivot,’ since innovation is very
much the lifeblood of the entire industry. Still, bringing in some
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