Tag: Finland

The Finnish port of Helsinki announced that expects the upcoming cruise season to be even busier than last summer, as on the basis of advance bookings, it expects to welcome 270 international cruise ships, that will carry an estimated 440,000 visitors.

The oldest operating ferry in Finland will become the nation’s first all-electric passenger vessel, after being fitted with Visedo power, the company announced. The ship will be supplied with a new zero-emission electric drivetrain, that will deliver greater efficiency, less noise and reduced operating costs.

Arctia’s main mission is to safeguard icebreaking operations and winter navigation in the Finnish marine areas. Latest CSR reporting showcases that, during 2016, the company achieved all of its targets set in the Baltic Sea by offering reliable services in Arctic conditions.

In order to strengthen its response capacity network, EMSA announced the launch of a procurement procedure to contract a new stand-by oil spill recovery vessel in the Northern Baltic Sea.

Rolls-Royce will establish its Marine R&D Centre for Remote Control & Autonomous Ships and Artificial Intelligence in Turku, Finland. The centre will be opened this year. This is the latest stage in company's research and development plans to make remote and autonomous shipping a reality and reap the benefits of increasing digitalisation in the marine industry.

The Finnish icebreaking service company Arctia’s newest icebreaker, IB Polaris, set out from Katajanokka, Helsinki, for icebreaking duty in the Bothnian Bay and arrived for bunkering at the Skangas LNG terminal in Pori on January 10, 2017.

Finland has become the 32nd State to ratify IMO’s Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks which provides the legal basis for States to remove, or have removed, shipwrecks that may threaten the marine life and environment.

New business ecosystem has brought together global forerunners and agile ICT start-ups to develop first autonomous shipping solutions in the world.

On 10 December 2014, the Ministry of Employment and the Economy granted 27,660,000 euros in investment subsidies to Haminan Energia for the construction of an LNG terminal at the Port of HaminaKotka’s oil and gas harbour. However, the subsidies shall cover at most 30 per cent of the project's approved realised costs. “The MEE has granted investment subsidies to four LNG projects this autumn. This will launch over 300 million euros in investments in liquefied natural gas terminals.  The objective is to build a comprehensive terminal network on Finland’s coastline, which will create alternative sourcing options for maritime transport and industry that uses gas,” Minister of Economic Affairs Jan Vapaavuori explains. The Haminan Energia liquefied natural gas terminal, construction of which is to be completed in autumn 2018, would be made up of one LNG tank, 30,000 cubic metres in size, and machinery related to receiving, unloading, storing and delivering LNG. An estimated 118,000 tonnes of gas will travel through the terminal each year. The terminal will sell LNG to industry, maritime transport and road transport. LNG would for the most part replace the present use of natural gas in industry, fuel oil in maritime transport and gasoline and diesel ...

During the Satama 14 Port Conference Mr Lennart Pettersson presented the new port - Kvarken Ports Ltd