FOSTERING MARITIME INDUSTRY

IN BALTIC SEA REGIONTurku UAS

Tero Reunanen

Converting, Educating and Innovating

Maritime SMEs

• Definition:

– Companies whose markets are mostly in

shipbuilding, shiprepairing or off-shore industries

• Technical branches:• Technical branches:

– Everything from kitchen interior via automation

systems to steel welding.

Maritime SMEs

• Importance to BSR

– Example:

• Turku, Finland: population about 175 000

• Shipyard employees directly est. 3500-4000 • Shipyard employees directly est. 3500-4000

• Employees in Maritime SMEs est. 10 000

• All together est. 70 000

• Value of the ”product” Oasis of the Seas was 1 Billion

euros.

Maritime SMEs

• Problems in maritime industries:

– Economical fluctuations are heavily impacting to

shipbuilding, specially in cruiser building

– Cheap labor countries– Cheap labor countries

– Economical support from the governments

– Bad image, specially young people

Maritime SMEs

• Solutions:

– Better competence by state-of-the-art

technologies, research, education, concepts.

– Other markets:– Other markets:

• Global shipbuilding

• Other industries

Other markets

• Spin-offs from shipbuilding e.g:

– Modular house building

– Modular elevators

– Power Plants– Power Plants

Other markets new innovations

• Alternative ways for electricity production

– Off-shore wind mills

– Tidal energy

– Wave energy

• Floating eco-city

• Special ships, military, icebreakers etc.• Special ships, military, icebreakers etc.

• New innovations in ship-building e.g.

– CO2 tankers

– ”Splitting ships”

Other markets - new innovations

Other markets - new innovations

´COSMENITE´

• Co-Operative SMEs Networking in Maritime

Innovative Technology and Education in Baltic

Sea Region

• Consists of 3 work packages:• Consists of 3 work packages:

– WP 3”Gathering the players and information”

– WP 4 ”Keeping an advantage in knowledge”

– WP 5 ”Conquering new markets”

´COSMENITE´ WP 3

• ´Miegonet´

• Maritime industry, education, governmental and

organizations network assessment and improved

co-operation in the BSR co-operation in the BSR

´COSMENITE´ WP 4

• ´Dolce´

• Development of transnational life-long learning

model for communities in education

´COSMENITE´ WP 5

• ´Comet´

– Conversion of maritime industries ecological and

economical technologies and innovations to new

applications in maritime and other industriesapplications in maritime and other industries