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 moreOn Naantalinsalmi straits a seaside resort was in operation from 1918 to 1940s. There was a pavilion, restaurant, sandy beach…
Read moreThe location of the present Port of Naantali, south of the city-centre, on Naantalinsalmi straits is a naturally suitable place…
Read moreThe construction of rock shelter for the State’s fuel depot (currently Neste) started in Tupavuori in summer 1944. The first…
Read moreIn 1958, Antti Merilahti started work as a harbour pilot in Naantali. The post of Harbour Master was established in…
Read moreOn the dark October night in 1958, a tremor was felt everywhere in Naantali. A tanker berthed in the Naantali…
Read moreIn 1963, Naantali received Finland’s first modern harbour ice-breaker and tugboat, M/S Naantali. The ice-breaker helped with wintertime seafaring and…
Read moreThe first passenger ferry, Silja Line’s M/S Holmia, arrived in Naantali on its maiden voyage on 2 December 1965. The…
Read moreIn March 1967, a streamlined Swedish ship called S/S Starke built in the 1930s arrived in the Port of Naantali.…
Read moreA great deal happened in the Port of Naantali in 1967. Train ferry traffic had started in the spring, and…
Read moreThe first terminal building in the Port of Naantali had been completed in 1965. The terminal was a simple building.…
Read moreNavire Yard’s shipyard was built on Luonnonmaa island in the early 1970s. The operations commenced in 1975. The shipyard repaired…
Read moreIn the late 1970s, shipbuilding operations had come to an end in Luonnonmaa, and the financial standing of the shipyard…
Read moreIn 1986, The Port of Naantali had around one thousand metres of quays and a new 13-metre deep fairway which…
Read moreThe City of Naantali and Viking Line made an agreement in 1988 about new traffic arrangements in the port and…
Read moreThe Port of Naantali was making grand plans and thinking of development projects. The City sold an area of over…
Read morePort’s major investments did not attract passengers or new companies quite as planned. Traffic with giant ferries stopped short and…
Read moreTo salvage the Port’s profitable operations, tight and lively negotiations were held in 1996 on attracting new vessel traffic to…
Read moreIn January 2006, The Port introduced a new extension of the outdoor area and a two-berth ro-ro quay the other…
Read moreThe 120 kilometres long ship fairway from Utö to Naantali was completed to the depth of 15.3 metres in its…
Read moreThe Port of Naantali has secured the finances and well-being of the resident of the city for decades by generating…
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