Hietalahti shipyard
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Hietalahti shipyard (also known as Helsinki New Shipyard,
Helsinki Shipyard.[1]
History
The shipyard, first known as
Kone ja Silta in the 1930s; it included also the Crichton-Vulcan shipyard in Turku
. In 1965 the yard was renamed Wärtsilä Helsingin Telakka (Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard).
After the bankruptcy of
Aker Yards in 2006. In 2008 Aker Yards was acquired by STX Europe
.
The shipyard and the cluster of cooperating companies have a strong know-how in shipbuilding for Arctic conditions; 60% of the icebreakers of the world are built in Helsinki.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Järvinen, Jari (2019-05-15). "Arctechin Helsingin telakan myynti varmistui – ostaja pyörittää Venäjän suurinta jokiristeilijäyhtiötä" [Selling of Arctech Helsinki Shipyard confirmed – the acquirer operates Russia's largest river cruising company]. yle.fi/uutiset (in Finnish). Helsinki: Yleisradio Oy. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
- ^ Matti Kankare (2010-12-13). "Putin takaa Helsingin telakan tulevaisuuden". Talouselämä (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2010-12-15.
- ^ Patrik Harald (2013-12-08). "Arktisboomen ger jobb – men kampen är hård". Hufvudstadsbladet: 3.
External links
Media related to Hietalahti shipyard at Wikimedia Commons
60°09′29″N 24°55′44″E / 60.158°N 24.929°E
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