Rauma shipyard ( fi, Rauman telakka) is a

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Rauma, Finland Rauma (; sv, Raumo) is a town and municipality of around () inhabitants on the west coast of Finland, north of Turku, and south of Pori. Its neighbouring municipalities are Eura, Eurajoki, Laitila and Pyhäranta. Granted town privileges on 17 ...

. It was previously operated by

STX Finland STX Finland Oy, formerly Aker Yards Oy, was a Finnish shipbuilding company operating three shipyards in Finland, in Turku, Helsinki and Rauma, employing some 2,500 people. It was part of STX Europe, a group of international shipbuilding compan ...

which is owned by the South Korean

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. Rauma shipyard is specialized in large

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, small

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s, multipurpose

icebreaker An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller ...

s and small

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craft. ,

Rauma Marine Constructions Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) is a Finnish shipbuilding company based in Rauma, Finland. The company's main products are car ferries, icebreakers and naval vessels. History Rauma Marine Constructions was established by private investors wi ...

operates the Rauma shipyard.

History

Shipbuilding in Rauma had begun in the 16th century and continued until the end of the sail ship era in the 1890s. Modern shipbuilding was launched in 1945 as F.W. Hollming and

Rauma-Repola Metso Oyj was a Finnish industrial machinery company focusing on providing technology and services for mining, aggregates, and oil and gas, recycling, pulp and paper and other process industries. On 30 June 2020, Metso's partial demerger and ...

started building ships for

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. In 1991 they merged and were known as

Finnyards STX Finland Oy, formerly Aker Yards Oy, was a Finnish shipbuilding company operating three shipyards in Finland, in Turku, Helsinki and Rauma, employing some 2,500 people. It was part of STX Europe, a group of international shipbuilding compan ...

which was later owned by the Norwegian

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. Since 2008 the shipyard was operated by STX Finland. In September 2013 STX Finland announced of closing the Rauma shipyard and 600 workers were laid off. In January 2014 the shipyard was purchased by the City of Rauma with a price of 18 million

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s. The shipyard area is planned to be developed as an industrial park for companies operating in the marine industry. The British marine engine manufacturer

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has expressed its intention to expand its Rauma operations to the dockyard site. The construction of the Finnish Navy's four new

Pohjanmaa-class corvette The ''Pohjanmaa'' class is a series of four multi-role corvettes currently under development for the Finnish Navy as part of the Squadron 2020 ( fi, Laivue 2020) project. Together with the existing four s, the four new surface combatants will ...

s is scheduled to begin in the shipyard in 2019.

Selected ships built at Rauma shipyard

Spirit of France - Premier essai à Calais

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Akademik Mstislav Keldysh The R/V ''Akademik Mstislav Keldysh'' (russian: Академик Мстислав Келдыш) is a 6,240 ton Russian scientific research vessel. It has made over 50 voyages, and is best known as the support vessel of the ''Mir'' submersibles. ...

'' (1981) * ''Kiisla''-class patrol boats (1984–1988) *''

Akademik Sergey Vavilov The ''Akademik Sergey Vavilov'' (russian: Академик Сергей Вавилов) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) research vessel, named after physicist Sergey Vavilov. She was completed on 12 February 1988, at the Hollming Yard in Rauma, ...

'' (1988) *Akademik Ioffe (1989) *''

Silver Explorer ''Silver Explorer'' is an expedition ship operated by Silversea Cruises. The ship typically hosts cruises to Norway, the South Pacific, and Antarctica. It is the first ship of Silversea involved in expedition cruising. Design and construction ...

'' (1989) *KBV 181, Swedish Coast Guard Patrol Vessel (1990) * ''Rauma''-class missile boats (1990–1992) * MSV ''Fennica'' (1993) * ''Hamina''-class missile boats (1996–2006) * (2001) * (2002) * (2002) * (2002) * (2002) * Hovercraft ''Tuuli'' (2003) * (2004) * (2004) * (2006) * (2007) * (2008) * (2009) * (2009) * (2012) *''

S. A. Agulhas II ''S. A. Agulhas II'' is a South African icebreaking polar supply and research ship owned by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA). She was built in 2012 by STX Finland Rauma shipyard in Rauma, Finland, to replace the ageing '' S. A. Agu ...

'' (2012) * (2012) *''

Turva ''Turva'' is a Finnish offshore patrol vessel. Built in 2014 by STX Finland Rauma shipyard for the Finnish Border Guard, she is the largest vessel of the fleet as well as the first patrol vessel in Finland powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). ...

'' (2014)

References

External links

Rauma Marine Constructions
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