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do rely heavily on equipment suppliers and subcontracting in various areas of construction.

However, shipyards mainly build and assemble the ship’ s hull themselves in their own construction pool. The shipyard has to manage the huge procurement process, logistics and the organization of the entire work in construction, and handle quality assurance and financing.

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT FINLAND WILL BE THE NUMBER ONE COUNTRY IN ICEBREAKING FOR DECADES, EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THE SHIPS ARE BUILT IN THE UNITED STATES?

– Finland will continue to be the number one country and the demand for ships will grow. Climate change has a significant impact on the Arctic and Antarctic regions, but its effect on icebreaker demand is perhaps the opposite of what first impressions might suggest. In the Arctic regions, global warming has led to the possibility of cargo traffic passing through the region.

The Arctic region is also geopolitically hot for other reasons, including the region’ s mineral reserves that can increase shipping in the region. As the Arctic region sees an increasing number of merchant and military ships from different countries, the need for these countries to secure the passage of their ships increases, and thus the need for icebreakers increases.

YOU WERE AT THE ICE PACT ICEBREAKER COOPERATION MINISTERIAL MEETING BETWEEN FINLAND, THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA IN WASHINGTON D. C. IN NOVEMBER – WHAT WAS THE KEY TAKE-AWAY?

– At the meeting, the new US administration showed clear support for the Ice Pact cooperation that began during the

Finland has a very significant maritime industry in relation to the size of the country.

previous administration. In the discussions, great power politics in the Arctic regions came up more clearly than before. For countries operating in the Arctic regions, icebreaking capability is essential. Through Ice Pact, the United States strengthens its own capability. At the same time, through cooperation, other like-minded countries can also benefit from the growing icebreaker production and development that Ice Pact promotes. Once again, it became clear how unique Finland’ s expertise in the icebreaker field is. n seatec 1 / 2026 11