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Jussi Sinkko
editorial
seatec 2/2014
COME TOGETHER
The Finnish marine cluster is certainly an interesting industry. Presently,
it has been reported that the German shipyard Meyer Werft is looking
to buy the Turku shipyard from its South Korean owner, STX Europe.
According to the plans, also the State of the Finland would be involved
in a small ownership role, helping to secure the deal.
The Finnish marine cluster is finding other ways to cope in a brave
new world, too. Losing the building of Oasis 3 to the French shipyard
Saint Nazaire was a tough pill to swallow – for Finns it was hard to grasp
why the owner would break up a winning team. After all, the first two
Oasis ships were hailed as a “superinnovation of the seven seas”.
PROJECT MANAGER
Jaakko Lätti
However, as the dust settled, Finnish companies realised that they
can well take their expertise and offer it to Saint Nazaire.
Latest Finnish involvement with the mega project was announced
EDITORIAL COORDINATOR
Liisa Hyvönen
at the end of March as Metso received an order from STX France to
supply an advanced vessel-wide automation system to Oasis 3. This
deal did not materialise out of thin air: Metso has a long track record
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Riitta Yli-Öyrä
of supplying automation technologies to Royal Caribbean International’s
cruise vessels over the years.
More good news for the industry emerged during Easter, as Arctech
CONTRIBUTORS
Sami J. Anteroinen
Merja Kihl
Ari Mononen
Helsinki Shipyard secured a contract to build an icebreaking supply vessel
for the Russia’s largest shipping company Sovcomflot. The new vessel
will be built for the North East Sakhalin Offshore region oil and gas field
where she will be used as a platform supply vessel for Sakhalin Energy
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STX Europe
Investment Company Ltd.
Helsinki Shipyard has already started work on the project and the
vessel will be delivered to the client in June 2016. The total value of the
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order is about EUR 100 million.
Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has commented that, with this order, the
company confirms its position as leading builder of arctic offshore vessels
– and the deal offers further proof that the Finnish-Russian collaboration
formula is a winner. When Arctech launched its operations three years
ago, there was skepticism whether the Russians could deliver orders
with sufficient scope and frequency. Despite rough seas in the global
economy, those crucial orders have been coming in as promised.
With success stories in the South and in the East, the message
for the industry players is clear enough: internationalisation is the only
way out of a tight spot. Will this trend reach its peak with a summer
announcement of Turku shipyard changing ownership once again? –
We have to wait and see.
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