Baltic Maritime Clusters to Join Forces
22.01.2013
While Asian giants rule the global maritime industry, Baltic maritime clusters should seek new opportunities together.
The global maritime industry has faced a rapid change. In Finland, the whole country mourns the loss of an American cruiser order to France. The future of the Finnish industry seems to be at stake.
In the University of Turku, there are dozens of research projects that study the maritime industry and the whole sector from different aspects. How does the situation look like?
‒ The front runners come from the Far East ‒ the Asian giants are here. Big time, says Researcher Eini Laaksonen.
She studies the competitive edge of the Central Baltic region’s maritime clusters in a project called Smart Comp that seeks new opportunities for the Finnish, Swedish, Estonian, and Latvian maritime clusters. The project aims to improve their competitive edge in relation to the Eastern competitors. In China alone, the maritime industry has multiplied over the last decade.
The text is based on an article on the SmartComp project published on the University webpages. Read more
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