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THE SHIPYARD ANNUAL

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Marine Construction has a large 260m x 85m drydock, a lifting capacity of 450 tonnes and two out? tting quays, 240m and 22m in length. The yard can build up to 150,000dwt / 80,000GT vessels.

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RMC is currently building a pas- senger and car ferry for Danish

Molslinjen, the Hammerhus, to be delivered this summer.

RMC is currently designing four corvettes of the Squadron 2020 for the Finnish Navy, the biggest naval contract for the Finnish

Navy ever.

The Government-owned research vessel Aranda. lengthened by 5.4 meters is being ? nalized at the shipyard.

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With all of the investment in equip- the customer when it comes to signing by the armed forces. The company has of four new corvettes of the Squadron ment, processes and people, Mylly notes the contract,” said Jyrki Heinimaa, CEO. retained its expertise in these ? elds and 2020. A letter was signed in 2016 and that Meyer, with a shipbuilding history A low ? xed cost asset base was reached is also utilizing the know-how and com- a design contract was signed in 2017. spanning nearly 225 years, takes a long- when the City of Rauma acquired the petitiveness of the Finnish marine indus- “This is the biggest naval contract for term view of its business. “A very good entire shipyard area, when the former try. the Finnish Navy ever,” Heinimaa said. thing for us is that the company is not troubled owner South Korean STX de- “RMC takes the lead of the projects Also coast guard vessels are a point of looking for pro? t in one year or quarter- cided to end the shipbuilding activities in but we have a very lean management,” focus. In 2013, though under the previ- ly, but is looking at a longer time span, Rauma. Now RMC has a 30-year rental said Heinimaa. He notes that the struc- ous ownership, the yard built the Finn- ? ve years, 10 years … even for genera- agreement for the area, including fa- ture is being developed through every ish offshore patrol vessel Turva, the ? rst tions,” Mylly said. “The Meyer fam- cilities, minimizing the risks from ? xed new contract deal, as operations have such vessel also using LNG as fuel. The ily wants to transfer the business to the costs. still taken place for such a short time. multi-purpose icebreakers Nordica and next generation in a better condition than “Everything else is variable costs, that “We have the technology and want to re- Fennica were built in Rauma. “This is when they got it.” is very important for how ? exible we can gain the position we have had, especially an area where we have much to give,” be.” Shipbuilding now is based on dedi- on the ferry side,” Heinimaa said. RMC Heinimaa said. RMC has now its focus

RMC is Getting Busy cated reliable partners providing sub- currently employs 85 persons and has a on the renewal project of the Finnish

Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) contracting and partnerships. very strict approach when it comes to icebreaker ? eet which is planned to be is also based in Southwestern corner of RMC focuses on newbuildings and selecting projects in order to guarantee realized by 2029.

Finland, one hour’s drive north of Meyer on ship maintenance, focusing here on that those are won. Heinimaa believes

Turku. This shipyard has also seen many vessels owned by the government and it is the competitiveness of the clusters Two Yards Having Dif? culties changes, as its predecessor Finnyards on passenger ferry customers. While that decide which shipyard will win a Arctech Helsinki Shipyard, currently was known for its ferry newbuildings. visiting the shipyard in May there were newbuilding project. In all, there are cur- completely Russian owned, but pre-

The shipyard has been in operation the government-owned research vessel rently some 350 to 400 people working dominantly managed by Finnish ship- since summer 2014 with the ownership Aranda undergoing a major conversion, at the yard. builders, is struggling with the sanction consisting mainly of private Finnish in- having been extended by 5.4 meters, and RMC is currently building a passenger imposed on Russia, making it hard to vestors, and government ownership of receiving new research facilities and up- and car ferry for Danish Molslinjen, the receive western orders. The owners are 20.1%. dated propulsion. The Finnish icebreak- Hammerhus. The order of this 18,000-gt said to be looking for new ownership ar-

Based on the experiences from ship- ers Fennica and Nordica were receiving 150m long vessel was received in 2016, rangements for the shipyard.

building in the past the shipyard applies their regular drydocking maintenance. with delivery scheduled for this summer. Due to the weak offshore markets a new network-based approach in ship- RMC has a three-year contract for the “This is a very suitable project for us, to globally, the offshore construction yard building. RMC focuses on the project maintenance services for these multipur- regain the position of the past. The ves- on the west coast, Technip Offshore Fin- management with a number of partner pose icebreakers with Arctia Shipping sel is not too big but not too small ei- land, has run out of oil rig orders. The companies handling the various tasks at and also of the technically advanced ther,“ Heinimaa said. yard, owned by TechnipFMC, is known the shipyard and the logistics. “We try Coast Guard vessel Turva. Regarding The shipyard in Rauma has a long tra- for having built many ? oating oil rigs for to avoid all the traditional issues when it newbuildings RMC focuses mainly on dition in building vessels for the Finnish the Gulf of Mexico. New ownership ar- comes to the shipyards. But the shipyard icebreakers, car and passenger ferries, Navy, a tradition that continues today as rangements are said to be under negotia- needs to take the responsibility towards research vessels and on vessels for use the yard is now working on the project tion.

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