FOSTERING MARITIME INDUSTRY IN BALTIC SEA REGION Turku UAS Tero Reunanen Converting, Educating and Innovating
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