The Finnish Border Guard has held a keel laying ceremony for its new patrol vessel at Baltic Operator’s shipyard in Gdansk.
On March 12, 2024, a keel laying ceremony was organized at Baltic Operator’s shipyard in Gdansk. The ceremony occurred within the presence of the representatives of the Finnish Border Guard, Meyer Turku, Baltic Operator and Bureau Veritas.
The keel laying ceremony is an outdated custom. Earlier than the keel laying, the ordering get together – the Finnish Border Guard – and the shipyard’s consultant positioned their fortunate cash below the keel beneath the primary block.
Afterward, the cash can be transferred to the completed vessel to convey her luck. The custom of the location of cash derives from the instances of crusing ships and the customized of putting cash below the mast to convey the ship crusing luck.
At present, the Finnish Border Guard has three working offshore patrol vessels, of which the offshore patrol vessel Turva, launched in 2014, is up-to-date. Preparations are made for retiring of the 2 outdated offshore patrol vessels, when the brand new vessels are accomplished. The primary new vessel can be accomplished by the top of 2025, in accordance with the contract, and the second by the top of 2026.
The development each vessels goes as deliberate, in line with Meyer Turku.
“The offshore patrol vessels are constructed within the services of our long-term associate shipyards below the management and in full accordance with the standard calls for of Meyer Turku. The cooperation that began excellently has now proceeded, in line with the schedule, into the stage the place we get to rejoice reaching one of many milestones of conventional ship building”, states Tapani Pulli, Deputy CEO of Meyer Turku.
The operational capability of the Finnish Border Guard’s vessels that at present are below building is considerably higher in comparison with the outdated vessels.
The vessels’ skills to observe and response in border surveillance duties and in management and safety of territorial integrity in connection to it will likely be improved.
Superior surveillance programs and options for knowledge switch enhance upkeep of real-time surveillance info and sharing of it. The brand new vessels enhance the power to stop main accidents and the power to hold out rescue operations.
All of the vessels have a direct readiness to regulate critical environmental accidents and the whole oil restoration capability can be roughly twice the dimensions of the current capability. The brand new vessels will produce low emissions and are energy-efficient.
