Finnish maritime cluster explained

The Finnish maritime cluster is a cluster of Finnish companies in maritime industries. In 2016 the total turnover was estimated at 13 billion euros and it employed 48,000 people.[1]

History

Small trading ships similar to Jacobstads Wapen were built in Finnish coastal towns in the 18th century. Small-scale shipyards continued to exist well into the 20th century. The first large scale shipyard was the galley dry dock at Sveaborg built in the mid-18th century, which serviced the ships that won one of the largest sea battles in Finnish history.

The first industrial scale shipyard in Turku was established in 1732. After the Crimean War, William Crichton acquired a workshop and built a new shipyard, which later absorbed smaller shipyards and developed into Crichton-Vulcan and merged with Wärtsilä between 1936 and 1938. Germany outsourced a notable amount of submarine construction to Finland after World War I. This section of industry was later outlawed by the Paris Peace Treaty, but it became an important foundation for the Finnish maritime industry.[2]

Soviet trade

A major boost to Finnish shipbuilding was the war reparations paid to the Soviet Union after World War II. They forced a rapid industrialization of Finland and the creation of a large metal industry in addition to the traditional papermaking and forest industries.[3] By 1953, the shipbuilding industry had six times the capacity it did in 1944.[4]

Bilateral trade with the Soviet Union forced Finnish shipyards to build ships with a high percentage of total value of Finnish origin. All major components of the finished products needed to be produced domestically. The high percentage of domestic components continues even after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the lucrative trade deals. While ships built in other European shipyards are a collection of components from around Europe and around the world, ships built in Finland can have up to 90% of their total value in Finnish components and labor (kotimaisuusaste).[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Major companies

Notable ships and vessels

Icebreakers

Cruise ships

Cruiseferries

ROPAX ferries

Navy ships

Submarines

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://meriteollisuus.teknologiateollisuus.fi/fi/uutiset/heikinheimo-%E2%80%9Dmeriteollisuuden-yritykset-ovat-vireess%C3%A4%E2%80%9D{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  2. Web site: United Nations Official Document. Un.org. 24 December 2017.
  3. Web site: Tough Finns Appear Unperturbed By The Shadow In The East. Marquis. Childs. St. Petersburg Times. 1961-12-11. 10 July 2011.
  4. Web site: Industrial Progress in Finland. The Windsor Daily Star. 2011 . 10 July 2011.
  5. Pituutta 96 metriä - Raumalla rakennetaan uusi laiva Rajavartiolaitokselle . Jarmo Seppälä . 2011-12-21 . Tekniikka & Talous . Laivan kotimaisuusaste on noin 90 prosenttia. . https://archive.today/20130213071202/http://www.tekniikkatalous.fi/metalli/pituutta+96+metria++raumalla+rakennetaan+uusi+laiva+rajavartiolaitokselle/a744119?service=mobile . dead . 2013-02-13 . fi .
  6. Web site: Rauman telakka luovutti erikoisaluksen Namibiaan . 2012-07-21 . Laivagalleria . kotimaisuusaste on 85-90 prosenttia . fi . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130728095848/http://www.laivagalleria.net/?p=2521 . 2013-07-28 .
  7. Web site: Jättiristeilijä Oasis of the Seas lähti kohti Karibiaa . 2009-12-03 . turku.f . Projektin kotimaisuusaste on korkea. . https://archive.today/20130213172102/http://www.turku.fi/Public/default.aspx?contentid=143300&nodeid=23 . dead . 2013-02-13 . fi .
  8. Web site: Uudentyyppinen Jäänmurtaja Perämerelle . Kerttu Vali . December 17, 2012 . Laivat & Merihistoria . Uuden satamajäänmurtajan suunnittelu, potkurilaitteistot, pääkoneet, teräsmateriaalit sekä suurin osa työstä tulevat Suomesta. Hankinnan kotimaisuusaste onkin korkea, arviolta 85 prosenttia. . fi.
  9. Varsinaissuomalainen laivanrakennusteollisuus – Suomen lippulaiva . Tekniikan Akateemiset . 8 . 2001 . Aluksen kotimaisuusaste on 80 % . fi .
  10. TS: Jättitilaus voi lipua Turun telakalta sivu suun . . 2012-12-16 . hankkeen kotimaisuusaste on 80 prosenttia. . fi.
  11. Web site: Risteilijäkauppa suuressa vaarassa . 2012-12-16 . Meriteollisuus ry . Tällaisten tilausten kotimaisuusaste on peräti 80 prosenttia. . fi . 2012-12-28 . 2013-11-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131110005848/http://www.meriteollisuus.fi/Ajankohtaista/Risteilijakauppa_suuressa_vaarassa_(16.12.2012)/ . dead .
  12. Maailman kallein laiva rakennetaan Turussa . Marko Laitala . 2006-02-06 . Tekniikka & Talous . Suomessa rakennettujen laivojen kotimaisuusaste on 80–90 prosenttia. . https://archive.today/20130213065335/http://www.tekniikkatalous.fi/metalli/maailman+kallein+laiva+rakennetaan+turussa/a28957?service=mobile . dead . 2013-02-13 . fi .
  13. Rolls-Roycelle uusi aluevaltaus potkurimarkkinoilta . Jouko Veijonaho . April 9, 2010 . Uusi Aika . 5 . Pori . fi.
  14. Web site: ROLLS-ROYCE OY AB . Finland Exports . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222318/http://www.finlandexports.com/company/10588/Rolls-royce+Oy+Ab.html . 2016-03-03 .
  15. Web site: Steerprop sai ison tilauksen Italiaan . Tapio Pukkila . 2012-10-10 . . fi.
  16. Web site: Steerprop propulsors chosen for dual fuel STQ ferry . October 16, 2012 . Marine Log.
  17. News: Jabour. Bridie. Titanic II a step closer to reality. Brisbane Times. 19 June 2012.
  18. Web site: Global Ship Design Firm Commissioned to Titanic II Project. Blue Star Line. 19 June 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130309073721/http://www.bluestarline.com.au/media-20120619.html. 9 March 2013.
  19. Web site: Aker Finnyards . 2006-02-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040509041655/http://www.akerfinnyards.com/icebreakers.cfm . 2004-05-09 .

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