Arctia Shipping
State-owned company | |
Founded | 2010 |
Headquarters | Helsinki, Finland |
Key people | Christer Granskog (chairman), Tero Varauste (CEO) |
Products | icebreaking |
Website | www.arctia.fi |
Arctia Shipping is Finnish state-owned company responsible for operating a Finnish icebreaker fleet. It was formed in 2010 when Finnish icebreaking services were incorporated. The company provides icebreaking services for Finnish Transport Agency during winter as well as for private companies in the offshore gas- and oilfields.[1]
In 2013 Antti Viirtala, the chairman of the company resigned because of scandal related to the sponsorships of his own curling club.[2]
Fleet
Greenpeace case
In 2012 a group of Greenpeace activists got onboard icebreakers Fennica and Nordica and demanded that the company stops helping Royal Dutch Shell to drill oil in the Arctic Ocean. Arctia Shipping decided to make an criminal complaint in spite of the will of Minister Heidi Hautala who was responsible for the corporate governance of Arctia Shipping. Hautala's office threatened to fire the management in case that they disobliged.
In October 2013 Hautala decided to resign when the case became public.
See also
References
- ↑ Arctia Shipping Services Retvieved on 15 November 2014
- ↑ Arctia Shipping boss out in the cold after sponsorship scandal 25 October 2013