Rauma shipyard

Rauma shipyard (Finnish: Rauman telakka) is a shipyard in Rauma, Finland. It was last operated by STX Finland which is owned by the South Korean STX Corporation. Rauma shipyard is specialized in large ferries, small cruise ships, multipurpose icebreakers and small naval craft.

History

Shipbuilding in Rauma had begun in the 16th century and continued until the end of the sail ship era in the 1890s. Modern shipbuilding was launched in 1945 as F.W. Hollming and Rauma-Repola started building ships for Soviet Union as war reparations. In 1991 they merged and were known as Finnyards which was later owned by the Norwegian Aker Maritime. Since 2008 the shipyard was operated by STX Finland.

In September 2013 STX Finland announced of closing the Rauma shipyard and 600 workers were laid off. In January 2014 the shipyard was purchased by the City of Rauma with a price of 18 million euros. The shipyard area is planned to be developed as an industrial park for companies operating in the marine industry. The British marine engine manufacturer Rolls Royce has expressed its intention to expand its Rauma operations to the dockyard site.

Selected ships built at Rauma shipyard

MS Baltic Queen (2009)

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MS Spirit of France (2012)

• Akademik Mstislav Keldysh (1981)
• Kiisla-class patrol boats (1984–1988)
• Silver Explorer (1989)
• Rauma-class missile boats (1990–1992)
• MSV Fennica (1993)
• Hamina-class missile boats (1996–2006)
• MS Ulysses (2001)
• MS Romantika (2002)
• Hovercraft Tuuli (2003)
• MS Birka Stockholm (2004)
• MS Victoria I (2004)
• MS Galaxy (2006)
• MS Color Magic (2007)
• MS Superspeed 1 (2008)
• MS Baltic Queen (2009)
• MS Spirit of Britain (2009)
• MS Spirit of France (2012)
• S. A. Agulhas II (2012)
• RV Mirabilis (2012)