Shipyard Director Jari Anttila and CEO Richard Vogel of TUI Cruises seen at the start-of-production ceremony for the first TUI ship at Turku
shipyard in November 2012.
I
n early 2013, the prospects for STX Fin-
of STX Finland’s Turku shipyard – in the
to sell off their shipyards in Finland, France
land’s Turku shipyard did not look very
event that this would become necessary
and China was published in South Korean
good. When the Finnish government re-
for the purpose of supporting the contin-
newspapers.
fused a loan of 50 million euro’s to Turku
ued operation of the shipyard and the pro-
shipyard, the long-waited order for a new
duction of the TUI cruisers.
The Marine Industry subcontractors
in Finland issued a statement sayi