Furthermore, the offices of Piikkiö Works
cated cabins later, Meyer Turku wants to
the pre-produced parts immediately after-
will be moved to a newly renovated office.
build on this winning tradition and make
wards. Looking more like a ship with each
Ari Kumpulainen, CEO of Piikkiö
“the next leap forward towards higher
passing day, Megastar will be ready in the
Works, comments that this is, in fact, the
productivity and industrial quality,” says
beginning of 2017.
biggest investment in the history of Piik-
Jan Meyer.
kiö cabin factory.
GREEN DELIVERY
“The facilities here in Piikkiö need
“We will almost double our out-
renovations or even replacement very
The new ferry will be 212 meters long,
put by 2018, and these investments are
urgently. This is a burden, but also a great
accommodating up to 2,800 passen-
a major step towards more industrialised
opportunity to design and create our
gers. Operating on Tallinn-Helsinki route,
LEAN production.”
future,” Meyer comments.
Megastar will use LNG as fuel, but will also
And as for the day-to-day operations
be able to run on marine diesel (MGO). The
BUILDING ON TRADITION
of the shipyard, things are looking quite
vessel’s size will be 49,000 GT and she will
Piikkiö Works has a great legacy: The
good. The keel of the Tallink’s new LNG-
have a service speed of 27 knots. Megastar
world’s first prefabricated cabins were
powered fast ferry Megastar was laid at
will comply with the new and stricter emis-
produced right here 30 years ago. About
the Meyer Turku shipyard in February and
sion regulations for the ECA areas includ-
140,000 successfully delivered prefabri-
the shipyard crews got busy assembling
ing the Baltic Sea. n
will be leaning heavily
into the ‘Internet of Things’ era.
photo: KONECRANES
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The new Goliath crane
photo: KONECRANES
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