quite significant from Joptek’s standpoint. The company already has a contract for similar elements for the sister ship
’Oasis 4’.
”Along with this deal, Joptek is now
one of the largest subcontractors for the
St. Nazaire shipyard. For each ship, the
value of the contract is in the order several million euros. This is by far the largest
ever contract with a shipyard in Joptek’s
history,” she recounts.
”Now in May 2015, the installation
of elements for the first ship is already in
the final stages.”
Joptek Oy had already supplied interior and exterior elements for various large
cruise ships that were built in Turku shipyard in Finland. After tough negotiations
that lasted six months, STX France’s contract was awarded to the company.
The elements were transported by
trucks to St. Nazaire. At the shipyard,
they were assembled and pre-installed by
Joptek’s local partner Eiffel Industries.
”Finnish
marine
subcontractors
should perhaps be more active in their
attempts to gain headway in export markets. In the case of France, it helps when
you can communicate fluently in the
French language,” Hämäläinen suggests.
”Certainly you should be competitive
and expect to encounter severe competition and lots of hard work.”
She asserts that Joptek Oy will definitely take part in export marine projects
even in the future.
DECK COATING FROM
CERTIFIED MATERIALS
Floor coatings for part of the ship’s floor
and deck surfaces are supplied by Cancotronic Oy. The Finnish company has had
long-standing cooperation with the wellknown German coating manufacturer G.
Theodor Freese GmbH & Co KG.
”Cancotronic Oy has previously supplied coating materials to ’Viking Grace’
and other cruise ships built by shipyards
in Finland, including ’Mein Schiff 3’ and
’Mein Schiff 4’ ordered by TUI Cruises. In
the case of these ships, we were responsible for approximately 40 percent of the
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