SPIRAL BEVEL
GEARS
for demanding applications
worldwide.
it us
e vis 12 in
s
Plea M 20
oth
at SMurg at Bo 1!
b
B
Ham 3 in Hall
20
ATA GEARS LTD
P.O. Box 120 • FI-33101 Tampere FINLAND
Tel. +358 3 2870 111 • Telefax +358 3 2870 249
www.atagears.fi
a thickness of two metres. With such a
ship, round-the-year maritime traffic via
the Northeast Passage to Asia would become possible.”
The ice-breaker will utilise Azipod reversible-propeller technology.
Via the northern route, passage
from Kirkenes to Shanghai takes 21 days
– whereas it would take 39 days via Suez.
Another Finnish company Laffcomp
has developed ultralight freighters that
would be suitable for Russian channel and
river traffic. Such freighters are 30 percent
lighter than normal freighters, so that they
can carry heavier cargo loads.
“These are tangible examples of
practical cooperation, based on new technology”, Hernesniemi says.
MERJA KIHL
ARI MONONEN
seatec 2/2012
37