Rauma Marine Constructions

Rauma Marine Constructions Oy
Oy[1]
Industry Shipbuilding, Defence
Predecessor STX Rauma shipyard
Founded March 27, 2014 (2014-03-27)[1]
Headquarters Rauma, Satakunta, Finland
Area served
 worldwide
Key people
 Ari Salmi (Chairman)
Heikki Pöntynen (CEO and President)
Products Warships, research vessels, merchant vessels, platform supply vessels
Revenue
  • Decrease €16,298,000 (2016)[2]
  • Increase €20,223,000 (2015)[3]
Increase–€260,000[3] (2015)
Owner Finnish investment funds
Private investors[4]
Number of employees
Website rmcfinland.fi

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.[6]

Rauma Marine Constructions was established by private investors with background in the Finnish shipbuilding industry shortly after STX Finland closed the Rauma shipyard in 2014.[7] In December 2015, the company received a major equity investment when the state-owned investment company Finnish Industry Investment became a minor shareholder together with Finnish investment funds managed by Finda and Taaleritehdas.[6] An existing minor shareholder Kasvattajarahasto, an investment fund managed by Aboa Venture Management, also increased its share on the company.[8]

Orders

In June 2016, Rauma Marine Constructions and the Danish shipping company Mols-Linien signed a 68 million euro contract for the construction of 158-metre (518 ft) roll-on/roll-off ferry for the Bornholm route. This was the first newbuilding contract awarded to Rauma after STX Finland announced the closure of the shipyard in 2013 and delivered the Finnish offshore patrol vessel Turva in 2014. The keel of the new vessel was laid on 4 August 2017 and the launching is scheduled for December. The Danish ferry will be delivered in 2018.[9][10]

In September 2016, the Finnish Defense Forces Logistics Command signed a letter of intent with Rauma Marine Constructions in order to investigate the company's capability for building four Squadron 2020 corvettes for the Finnish Navy.[11] In April 2017, this was followed by a 7.5 million euro design contract for the new Finnish surface combatant class that will replace three minelayers and four missile boats. The construction contract, worth 1.2 billion euro, will be awarded to 2018 and the vessels will be built in 2019–2024.[12]

Prior to major newbuilding orders, Rauma Marine Constructions completed a number of smaller construction and conversion projects to establish a subcontractor network and build the shipyard's capability for larger projects. These have included the construction of a floating entertainment center to the United Arab Emirates, conversion of the Finnish icebreaker Otso,[13] and a facelift for the cruiseferries Silja Serenade and Silja Symphony.[14][15] In May 2017, the shipyard was awarded the 13.7 million euro refitting of the Finnish research vessel Aranda.[16]

List of ships built or on order

Ship name Year Type Yard number IMO number Status Notes Image Ref
2018 Ferry 6001 9812107 Under construction [10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Yrityshaku: Rauma Marine Constructions Oy". Kauppalehti. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Rauma Marine Constructions Oy". Kauppalehti. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Rauma Marine Constructions Oy". Finder. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "ANALYYSI. Taaleritehtaasta ja valtion Teollisuussijoituksesta tulee suurimmat omistajat". Kauppalehti. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Rauma Marine Constructions Oy". Teollisuussijoitus. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Major equity investment in Rauma Marine Constructions" (Press release). Rauma Marine Constructions. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Tiedotus pieleen: Uusi telakkayhtiö tuleekin Raumalle eikä Poriin" (in Finnish). Yle. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "RMC saa merkittävät sijoitukset kolmelta kotimaiselta toimijalta" (in Finnish). Satakunnan Kansa. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  9. ↑ RMC valitsi historiallisen kölinlaskun onnenlanteiksi Suomi 100 -juhlakolikot. Länsi-Suomi, 4 August 2017. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  10. 1 2 "Rauman telakalle suurtilaus: Laivan hinta 68 miljoonaa euroa". Yle. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "Puolustusvoimat ja Rauma Marine Constructions Oy solmivat aiesopimuksen" (in Finnish). Puolustusvoimat. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  12. ↑ "Laivue 2020:n suunnittelusopimus Rauman telakalle" (in Finnish). Satakunnan Kansa. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  13. ↑ "Rauma Marine Constructions Oy toteuttaa mittavia projekteja Seasidessa vuoden 2015 aikana" (Press release) (in Finnish). Seaside Industry Park. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  14. ↑ "RMC koordinoi Silja Serenaden kasvojenkohotuksen" (Press release) (in Finnish). Rauma Marine Constructions. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  15. ↑ "Silja Symphony – Telakointi Raumalla 10 – 22.1.2016" (Press release) (in Finnish). Rauma Marine Constructions. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  16. ↑ Merentutkimusalus Aranda pitkään telakalla – peruskorjaus tehdään Raumalla. Länsi-Suomi, 24 July 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
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