Finland is dependent on sea traffic, its fluency and competitiveness. Almost 90 percent of exports and imports to Finland are transported by sea.
Seafaring builds value chains that create the basis for the growth of industry, tourism and other forms of trade. The Finnish shipowners are forerunners of technology and environmental innovations and are actively participating in developing solutions for sustainable shipping.
Shipowners´Associations stand behind EU sanction package
8. April 2022 - Suomen Varustamot Ry
AtoB@C Shipping unveils the names of the first six hybrid vessels
13. January 2023 - ESL Shipping Ltd
New maritime cyber security guidelines for shipowners and vessels
20. February 2022 - Finnish Shipowners' Association
Environmental innovations
23. March 2021 - Suomen Varustamot Ry
Press releases
Shipowners´Associations stand behind EU sanction package
8. April 2022 - Suomen Varustamot Ry
Finnish business and trade unions: The competitive disadvantage of arctic shipping must be compensated
22. February 2022 - Finnish Shipowners' Association
Internal border control to be lifted – travel to Finland easier
28. January 2022 - Finnish Shipowners' Association
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AtoB@C Shipping unveils the names of the first six hybrid vessels
13. January 2023 - ESL Shipping Ltd
Finnlines’ second new Superstar passenger-freight vessel launched – ensures a more sustainable option for travel and transport of freight
2. January 2023 - Finnlines Oyj
VG-Shipping acquires a minority share of Rederi Ab Nathalie
30. December 2022 - Rederi Ab Nathalie & VG-Shipping
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Mielipidekirjoitus / Tebatti: Suomen tulee varmistaa, ettei meriliikenteessä makseta samoista päästöistä kahteen kertaan
15. January 2023 - Talouselämä
IMO progress on revised GHG strategy, Mediterranean ECA adopted
4. January 2023 - The Shipping Tribune
Meriliikenteen vihreän siirtymän vaikutuksia ja kehittämistarpeita arvioitu
23. November 2022 - Liikenne- Ja Viestintäministeriö
Maritime newsEMSA has launched a new European Maritime Safety Report
EMSA has launched its European Maritime Safety Report (EMSAFE), the first comprehensive overview of maritime safety in the European Union. Digitalization, decarbonisation and the human elements are identified as the main issues to be tackled to increase maritime safety in the coming years.
Download report hereICS: New data shows future-fuel demand for shipping industry equal to entire current global production of renewables
According to the International Chamber of Shipping, new data released 17.5. has revealed how the global shipping industry will require the equivalent of the world’s entire current renewable energy demand in order to replace fossil fuel use. Shipping accounts for 90 percent of the transports of world wide trade.
Read moreEnvironmental innovations
Finnish shipowners are forerunners in the field of environmental innovations. New solutions that have been tested and taken into use on Finnish shipowners’ vessels have had international success.
Read moreFinland is a pioneer in digital seafaring and environmental technology
Finland’s maritime cluster knows collaboration, says Tiina Tuurnala, CEO for the Finnish Shipowners’ Association, in the editorial for the Finnish Maritime Cluster Yearbook 2020-2021. Read about the past year in the maritime companies of the Finnish Maritime Cluster from the Yearbook 2020-2021!
Read the Yearbook 2020-2021