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