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Alfons Håkans has bought Bogser Team Öresund’s last two tugs, Dunker and Kullen. Dunker will strengthen Alfons Håkans’ fleet on the Finnish West Coast and Kullen in Kotka. Both tugs will operate under Finnish flag. [Read more..]

The family owned company, Alfons Håkans, a major towage operator with decades of regional expertise in Northern Baltic Sea region, has signed a contract about two ice class 67-ton bollard pull ASD tugs with Sanmar shipyard in Turkey. Technical specifications with drawings are done in co-operation with Canadian Robert Allan Ltd. These new-buildings are the first icebreaking escort tugs made for [Read more..]

Åbo Båtvarf’s 91-year-old Classic Six Metre yacht, Merenneito II, will be sailed by the young challengers of Sailing Team Finland during the season 2019. This opportunity also gives the youth team a slot in the Six Metre World Cup fleet in Hanko in August. Åbo Båtvarf built over 5000 wooden boats during the boatyard’s active years 1889-1954. Recent years have seen the historically unique boatyar [Read more..]

breaker Zeus is on her way to Sea of Bothnia where she will start her icebreaking season. Current cold period has changed ice situation quickly both in Sea of Bothnia and Kvarken area where she’ll operate. Zeus has been stand-by in Turku from the beginning of January as a part of icebreaking contract with Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (Väylä). Alfons Håkans’ other icebreaker Thetis sta [Read more..]

Icebreaker Thetis is heading to Luleå to start her icebreaking season. Thetis starts in the Bay of Bothnia to assist vessels bound for Swedish ports and continues towards South when ice conditions gets tougher. Thetis has a contract with Swedish Maritime Administration, Sjöfartsverket, from 15.1. to 15.4. Captain Mikael Stude waits for an interesting icebreaking season. - Our preparations h [Read more..]