Archive for September 2021

In 1986, The Port of Naantali had around one thousand metres of quays and a new 13-metre deep fairway which was inaugurated on 27 October 1986. The new fairway allowed for cargoes of up to 65,000 tonnes. The fairway was first used with festive flags by Neste’s new tanker Palva that brought Soviet oil from…

In the late 1970s, shipbuilding operations had come to an end in Luonnonmaa, and the financial standing of the shipyard was at a worrying level. The setting in the area was fine, however, and there was a 120-metre quay. The City of Naantali and Navire Oy began to organise a free zone warehouse in Luonnonmaa.…

Navire Yard’s shipyard was built on Luonnonmaa island in the early 1970s. The operations commenced in 1975. The shipyard repaired vessels of Viking Line and other shipping companies. In the beginning the shipyard employed 150 men, and the number was intended to be increased to 250. The biggest ship built in Finland up to then…

The first terminal building in the Port of Naantali had been completed in 1965. The terminal was a simple building. As the traffic volumes increased, a decision was made to build a new and more functional terminal. In 1972, Naantalin Matkustajaterminaali Oy was founded with the City of Naantali and Viking Line as shareholders. The…

A great deal happened in the Port of Naantali in 1967. Train ferry traffic had started in the spring, and in the autumn of the same year Viking Line’s first vessels Kapella and Apollo started sailing from Naantali to Sweden. The ice conditions had been severe in the previous winter, and the Pikku Pukki straits…

In March 1967, a streamlined Swedish ship called S/S Starke built in the 1930s arrived in the Port of Naantali. The vessel started train ferry traffic of Finnish and Swedish State Railways from Naantali to Stockholm. The starting of the ferry traffic had an important effect on the development of the Port of Naantali. Over…

The first passenger ferry, Silja Line’s M/S Holmia, arrived in Naantali on its maiden voyage on 2 December 1965. The vessel moored on what was then Mobil’s quay. The first terminal building in the Port of Naantali had been completed just before Holmia’s arrival in Naantali. Silja Line tried operating passenger traffic to Naantali, but…