Business prospects are beginning
to look up for the Finnish marine
industry companies. New and
lucrative export orders are coming
in by the shipload – well, almost.
Of course, the Finnish Marine
Industries cluster is globally
known as a high-quality supplier.
There is no substitute for a good
reputation.
”T
he market for the Marine Industries
companies is showing clear signs
of positive development,” notes Mr. Vesa
Marttinen, Managing Director for Turku
Repair Yard.
According to Mr. Marttinen, there
have been recent improvements in various markets: maritime transport, passenger traffic, offshore technical supplies and
services, etc.
”In the case of maritime shipping
companies, quite a lot will depend on the
type of raw material and products that are
being transported. It seems that ro-ro traffic is decreasing, but the overall tendency
for transports is on an upward curve.”
INCREASING EXPORTS
International trade is gradually increasing.
This is hardly a new development for the
companies of the Finnish Marine Industries
cluster: they have been on the international market for some 300 years already.
”They have never operated in
the domestic market only,” Marttinen
recounts.
”Once new technologies have been
developed, products and solutions based
on them are exported to wherever there
is demand.”
”In bygone days, Britain and Sweden
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