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Feature 3 | Finland’s marine industries
A year to remember
The last 12 months have been dynamic for Finland’s marine industries, but
the future for Aker Yards remains unclear. Henrik Segercrantz reports.
F
inland’s remarkable strength in depth company performed relatively strongly for the remaining 14% shareholding in the
in home grown marine equipment through 2007, the first under Grimaldi company.
supply was amply demonstrated ownership. Six new 3200 lane metre ro-
through 2007. Over the last 12 months, ro newbuildings were also ordered last aker facing challenges
Wärtsilä has inaugurated new production summer from Chinese Jinling Shipyard. An anticipated bumper year for Aker Yards,
plant capacity in Italy and in Finland, ABB Meanwhile, in October, bulk operator and its Finnish operations in particular,
Marine has inaugurated its new plant for the ESL Shipping laid the keel for the first of instead ended in disarray, as the European
fabrication of Azipod units in Helsinki, and two 18,800dwt 1A Super ice class bulk shipbuilding group found almost 40% of
Vacon has expanded its Finnish production carriers, which are under construction at its equity snaffled up by South Korea’s STX
facilities, in a programme which continues ABG Shipyard Ltd in India. The vessels and its Finnish operations posted losses
this year. will double the company’s Eira-class to after production delays.
Over the same period, Finnish four vessels. The company operates a fleet The Finnish part of the group started
shipowners have shown themselves to be of ice-strengthened vessels including bulk the year strongly, with a series of order
equally ambitious. Last spring, Finnish carriers and pusher-barge systems. announcements shaking out by the end of
shipping company Bore ordered two new For its part, Langh Ship last year received the spring. Royal Caribbean International
2900 lane metre ro-ro vessels from German the first of two new containerships from (RCI) placed the order for the second,
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, and the German shipyard J J Sietas. Ms Linda record-breaking Genesis cruiseship in
registered options for another two. The has a capacity of 907TEU. The reinforced March. The delivery of this E900m vessel
vessels can take double-stacked containers tank top also allows transportation of is scheduled for August 2009.
on gooseneck roll trailers on all decks. bulk cargo. Both ships are ice class 1A Then, in April, Tallink placed an order
Bore, which has grown fast in the last years Super vessels. The company owns and for a E180m ferry for delivery in spring
by acquiring Bror Husell chartering in 2005 operates a fleet of five Sietas-built multi- 2009. Tallink’s Cruise 5 project is the third
and Rederi Ab Engship in 2006, now has a purpose general cargo and containerships, vessel in a series of Baltic cruise ferries.
fleet of 22 vessels sailing under Finnish and all Finnish flagged. Godby Shipping also Deliveries from Finland last year
Dutch flags. Two second-hand vessels were received two 1 A Super-class newbuildings included, in April, the Freedom-class vessel
recently acquired and were placed under from J J Sietas last autumn. The 11,300dwt Liberty of the Seas (154,000gt, E600m), for
the Finnish flag. ro-ro vessels are chartered for UPM’s paper RCI from the Turku yard and the ferry
Finnlines received its last and fifth traffic from Finland to Spain. Tallink Star (30,000gt E110m) for Tallink
newbuilding Ms Nordlink from Fincantieri Meanwhile, Eckero Line’s final offer for from the Helsinki yard. Color Magic,
in July, for the Travemünde route. The Birka Line was approved by the shareholders the world’s second biggest cruise ferry
aker Yard’s Helsinki
yard in the autumn.
From left Viking
XPRS, Cotentin, and
tallink’s Galaxy-
sister newbuilding.
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