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40,000 residents on Finland’s west coast. The Port of Rauma is one of the largest and busiest in Finland. Since 2014, Seaside Industry Park Rauma has provided a good operational environment for many types of maritime companies having extensive know-how of shipbuilding and related fields of work. Cooperation has also helped Rauma’s new shipyard. T he Seaside Industry Park in Rauma is an industrial park complex for heavy mari- time industry. The park consists of facilities for independent companies and is situated within the former shipyard area. The idea of the industry park is to offer an efficient and strategically placed environment to companies in the Finnish maritime cluster, complete with shared infrastructure and services. The park is conveniently situated in a logistics hub. Two shipping routes lead to Rauma. The port has regular liner traf- fic to different parts of Europe, the U.S., and Asia. Rauma’s location on the western coast of Finland is also a benefit, with good connections to Finland and abroad. Additionally, the freight transportation rail- way enables transports around Finland. For other types of transport, highways and air- ports are situated close by. 42 seatec 2/2019 Rauma is a city of nearly