Stories about the Port of Naantali
Compiled by Anne Pentti The port has always been an integral element of Naantali. Already in late Middle Ages Naantali…
Read more about Part 1. Port operations in Naantali back the Middles AgesOn Naantalinsalmi straits a seaside resort was in operation from 1918 to 1940s. There was a pavilion, restaurant, sandy beach…
Read more about Tupavuori seaside resortThe location of the present Port of Naantali, south of the city-centre, on Naantalinsalmi straits is a naturally suitable place…
Read more about Port of Naantali – an excellent place for seafaringThe construction of rock shelter for the State’s fuel depot (currently Neste) started in Tupavuori in summer 1944. The first…
Read more about Big industry finds the Port of NaantaliIn 1958, Antti Merilahti started work as a harbour pilot in Naantali. The post of Harbour Master was established in…
Read more about First Port Director Antti MerilahtiOn the dark October night in 1958, a tremor was felt everywhere in Naantali. A tanker berthed in the Naantali…
Read more about When all of Naantali shookIn 1963, Naantali received Finland’s first modern harbour ice-breaker and tugboat, M/S Naantali. The ice-breaker helped with wintertime seafaring and…
Read more about The first harbour ice-breakerThe first passenger ferry, Silja Line’s M/S Holmia, arrived in Naantali on its maiden voyage on 2 December 1965. The…
Read more about Silja Line began to sail to the Port of NaantaliIn March 1967, a streamlined Swedish ship called S/S Starke built in the 1930s arrived in the Port of Naantali.…
Read more about Train to Naantali, ship to StockholmA great deal happened in the Port of Naantali in 1967. Train ferry traffic had started in the spring, and…
Read more about 20 vessels and 22 million passengersThe first terminal building in the Port of Naantali had been completed in 1965. The terminal was a simple building.…
Read more about New passenger terminalNavire Yard’s shipyard was built on Luonnonmaa island in the early 1970s. The operations commenced in 1975. The shipyard repaired…
Read more about Luonnonmaa shipyard – Navire YardIn the late 1970s, shipbuilding operations had come to an end in Luonnonmaa, and the financial standing of the shipyard…
Read more about Free Zone warehouse started operationIn 1986, The Port of Naantali had around one thousand metres of quays and a new 13-metre deep fairway which…
Read more about Inauguration of the new deep fairwayThe City of Naantali and Viking Line made an agreement in 1988 about new traffic arrangements in the port and…
Read more about Arrival of giant ferriesThe Port of Naantali was making grand plans and thinking of development projects. The City sold an area of over…
Read more about Glass palace, equine sports centre and trap shooting rangePort’s major investments did not attract passengers or new companies quite as planned. Traffic with giant ferries stopped short and…
Read more about Viking Line’s passenger traffic endedTo salvage the Port’s profitable operations, tight and lively negotiations were held in 1996 on attracting new vessel traffic to…
Read more about Jackpot in sightIn January 2006, The Port introduced a new extension of the outdoor area and a two-berth ro-ro quay the other…
Read more about Port traffic was made smootherThe 120 kilometres long ship fairway from Utö to Naantali was completed to the depth of 15.3 metres in its…
Read more about Deep fairwayThe Port of Naantali has secured the finances and well-being of the resident of the city for decades by generating…
Read more about Port and the pockets of the residents of Naantali