Rauma Marine Constructions, the Finnish company that took over the closure threated STX Finland’s Rauma yard in2014, has won is first newbuilding contract, a ferry from Mols-Linien, the listed Danish ferry company.
The vessel will be delivered in 2018 and it will be used in the service between the Danish mainland and the island of Bornholm.
The Rauma shipyard has built ferries and cruise ships in the past, when it was part of the STX Finland, Aker Yards and Finnyards groups.
The now ordered vessel will not have cabin accommodation for passengers, but the contract is important as it re-establishes Rauma as a newbuilding yard for passenger tonnage. The company has carried out major refits on large cruise ferries of the Tallink Grupp together with other work so far.
