Raahe is a town in Finland,located on the western coast of the country. Raahe is situated in the North Ostrobothnia region,along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Raahe is approximately 24,000,while the sub-region has a population of approximately 31,000. It is the 43rd most populous municipality in Finland.
MV Captain Kurbatskiy was a Russian SA-15 type cargo ship originally known as Nizhneyansk (Нижнеянск) after a port of the same name. The ship was delivered from Valmet Vuosaari shipyard in 1983 as the second ship of a series of 19 icebreaking multipurpose arctic freighters built by Valmet and Wärtsilä,another Finnish shipbuilder,for the Soviet Union for year-round service in the Northern Sea Route. These ships,designed to be capable of independent operation in arctic ice conditions,were of extremely robust design and had strengthened hulls resembling those of polar icebreakers.
MSV Fennica is a Finnish multipurpose icebreaker and offshore support vessel. Built in 1993 by Finnyards in Rauma,Finland and operated by Arctia Offshore,she was the first Finnish icebreaker designed to be used as an escort icebreaker in the Baltic Sea during the winter months and in offshore construction projects during the open water season. Fennica has an identical sister ship,Nordica,built in 1994.
The modern terms short-sea shipping,marine highway and motorways of the sea,as well as the more historical terms coastal trade,coastal shipping,coasting trade and coastwise trade,all encompass the movement of cargo and passengers mainly by sea along a coast,without crossing an ocean.
Vuosaari shipyard was a shipyard located in the district of Vuosaari in Helsinki,Finland. Built by the Finnish state-owned company Valmet Oy in the early 1970s,the shipyard delivered 33 newbuildings and participated in building around 100 other vessels before it was closed in 1987 following the bankruptcy of WärtsiläMarine. Later,the longest dry dock in Finland was used by various ship repair companies until the construction of the new Vuosaari harbour cut the connection to the sea in 2004. Despite various plans to re-use the old dry dock,now located inside the harbour perimeter,it remained without use until the basin was backfilled in 2015–2016.
Finnlines Plc is a shipping operator of ro-ro and passenger services in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. It is a subsidiary of the Grimaldi Group. Finnlines’sea transports are concentrated in the Baltic and the North Sea. Finnlines’passenger-freight vessels offer services from Finland to Germany and via Åland to Sweden as well as from Sweden to Germany. The Company has subsidiaries in Germany,Belgium,Great Britain,Sweden,Denmark and Poland. In addition to sea transportation,the Company provides port services in Finland in Helsinki and Turku.
SCF Sakhalin is a Russian icebreaking platform supply and standby vessel owned by SCF Sakhalin Vessels Limited,a subsidiary of Sovcomflot. The ship was built by Aker Finnyards Helsinki shipyard in Finland in 2005 as FESCO Sakhalin for Far East Shipping Company (FESCO),but was purchased by Sovcomflot and renamed in 2010. Since the beginning it has been in long-term charter for Exxon Neftegas Ltd. and used to supply oil platforms in the Sakhalin-I project.
MS Golden Princess was a casino cruise ship owned by Eurasia International,operated on short casino cruises out of Hong Kong. She was built in 1967 by the WärtsiläHietalahti shipyard in Helsinki,Finland as Finlandia for the Finland Steamship Company. In 1975 she was sold to Finnlines,who converted her into the cruise ship Finnstar in 1978. In 1982 she entered service for Pearl Cruises as Pearl of Scandinavia. In 1988 she was renamed Ocean Pearl. In 1994 she entered service with Croisières Paquet as Pearl. Between 1995 and 1998 she sailed for Costa Cruises as Costa Playa. In 1998-1999 she sailed as Oriental Pearl for Mega Wave International,and in 1999-2000 as Joy Wave for Costa Cruises. In 2000 she was sold to Eurasia International and entered service under the name Golden Princess. In 2009 she was sold for scrap to China.
Herakles was a pusher vessel owned by Finnish towing and marine salvage company Alfons Håkans Oy Ab. The ship,originally built as salvage tug Into in 1967,was converted to a pusher in 1991 to be chartered to Rautaruukki Oyj and later ESL Shipping Ltd as the third pusher vessel for the Finnpusku system,a Finnish integrated tug and barge system built in the mid-80s.
SA-15 is the project name for a series of icebreaking multipurpose cargo ships built in Finland for the Soviet Union in the 1980s. The ships,capable of independent operation in all prevailing arctic ice conditions,were the first merchant vessels designed for year-round operations in the Northern Sea Route. For this purpose they have hulls that resemble those of polar icebreakers and propulsion systems capable of withstanding ice loads.
Finnpusku is an integrated tug and barge system owned and operated by ESL Shipping,a Finnish shipping company that specializes in bulk cargo transports in the Baltic Sea. The system was developed in the 1980s by Finnlines,another Finnish shipping company that also managed the vessels until 2003,in co-operation with Rautaruukki to transport raw materials to the Raahe Steel Works. Two pushers and five barges,four of which remain in service,were delivered by Hollming in 1986–1987.
Steel is a Finnish pusher vessel owned and operated by ESL Shipping. It is part of the Finnpusku integrated tug and barge system developed in the 1980s by Finnlines,a Finnish shipping company that also managed the vessel until 2003,in co-operation with Rautaruukki for the transportation needs of the steel company. The vessel,built by Hollming in Rauma,Finland,as Finn,was delivered on 28 April 1987 and has since been used mainly to supply raw materials to the Raahe Steel Works.
MSV Botnica is a multipurpose offshore support vessel and icebreaker built by Finnyards in Rauma,Finland,in 1998. She was the newest and technically most advanced state-owned icebreaker of Finland until 2012,when she was sold to the Port of Tallinn for 50 million euro. Botnica is used as an escort icebreaker in the Baltic Sea during the winter months,but carries out subsea and offshore construction works worldwide during the open water season.
S. A. Agulhas II is a South African icebreaking polar supply and research ship owned by the Department of Environment,Forestry and Fisheries. She was built in 2012 by STX Finland Rauma shipyard in Rauma,Finland,to replace the ageing S. A. Agulhas,which was retired from Antarctic service in April 2012. Unlike her predecessor,S. A. Agulhas II was designed from the beginning to carry out both scientific research and supply South African research stations in the Antarctic.
Georgiy Sedov is an icebreaking platform supply vessel operated by Rosmorport in the Sea of Azov. She was built by Kværner Masa-Yards in Helsinki,Finland,in 1998 as Antarcticaborg for Wagenborg Kazakhstan to be used in the Caspian Sea.
MSV Nordica is a Finnish multipurpose icebreaker and offshore support vessel. Built in 1994 by Finnyards in Rauma,Finland,and operated by Arctia Offshore,she and her sister ship Fennica were the first Finnish icebreakers designed to be used as escort icebreakers in the Baltic Sea during the winter months and in offshore construction projects during the open water season.
Yulius Fuchik was a Soviet and later Ukrainian barge carrier. Derivatives of the Seabee system,she and her sister ship,Tibor Szamueli,were built in the late 1970s by the Finnish state-owned shipbuilder Valmet in Vuosaari shipyard. As the demand for lighter transport fell in the 1990s,she was sold and eventually broken up in Alang in 2003.
Otso is a Finnish state-owned icebreaker. Built by WärtsiläHelsinki shipyard in 1986 to replace the aging Karhu-class icebreakers,she was the first Finnish post-war icebreaker to be built without bow propellers. Otso has an identical sister ship,Kontio,which was delivered in 1987.
Polaris is a Finnish icebreaker. Built in 2016 by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard,she is the most powerful icebreaker ever to fly the Finnish flag and the first icebreaker in the world to feature dual-fuel engines capable of using both low-sulfur marine diesel oil (LSMDO) and liquefied natural gas (LNG). Polaris was initially ordered by the Finnish Transport Agency,but the ownership was transferred to the state-owned icebreaker operator Arctia after delivery.
Mudyug is a Russian icebreaker and the lead ship of a series of three subarctic icebreakers built at WärtsiläHelsinki shipyard in Finland in 1982–1983. The vessel's non-rebuilt sister ships are Magadan and Dikson.
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