Hietalahti shipyard

Today we visited my parents and walked along the shipyard to have lunch. Bright, cold, windy and beautiful day. Snow closing in. Most of the snow possibilities for us seems to be on Monday. Tomorrow morning should be sunny then it turns to grey for a few days. I can take that. Bring it on!

Today's vernal equinox is s big deal for me. Finally there's enough daylight and we're still getting hours more. I made it through another winter! Cool!


From Wikipedia:


"After the bankruptcy of Wärtsilä Marine in 1989 the yards were operated by the newly formed Masa Yards, bought by the Norwegian Kværner group in the mid 1990s and known as Kvaerner Masa Yards. In 2005 the company merged with the Aker Finnyards shipyard in Rauma and was renamed Aker Yards in 2006. In 2008 Aker Yards was acquired by STX Europe.

The shipyard and the cluster of cooperating companies have a strong know-how in shipbuilding for Arctic conditions; 60% of the icebreakers of the world are built in Helsinki."