The Finnish shipbuilding industry focuses on passenger vessels and ice-breaking tonnage that are more complex to build than many other types of ships. In addition, the country has substantial competence in R&D of decarbonisation in shipping. Last autumn, Business Finland granted almost €1.6 million (US$1.7 million) to a project called Decatrip established by the shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC), Abo Akademi University, charging solutions supplier Kempower and the ferry company Viking Line to set up a green corridor on the roughly 10-hour ferry crossing between Turku in Southwestern Finland and the Swedish capital Stockholm.
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