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Time to apply for the trainee programme

Thursday, December 21, 2017 - 09:37

The Swedish maritime industry join forces to put together the best trainee programme for newly graduated Naval Architects. The trainee programme involves different actors in the Swedish maritime industry; shipowners, shipyards, manufacturers, classification societies, authorities and more. SSPA is one of the companies involved in this trainee programme. The application for 2018/2019 opens 15 December 2017 and close 31 January 2018.

Replacing an old bridge is never easy

Thursday, December 7, 2017 - 11:00

One example of a difficult manoeuvre is when the bridge and barges are moved around the island of Stora Essingen

The railway bridges in Stockholm city centre are to be replaced. Needless to say, this is a very sensitive operation and the Swedish Transport Administration wanted to acquire as much information about the problem as possible, as early as possible. One way of managing the impact of the operation on traffic was to transport and install the bridges over water.

Renewal of Sweden's icebreaker fleet – prestudy completed

Friday, December 1, 2017 - 10:32

It is a major infrastructure initiative to renew Sweden's icebreaker fleet. The Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) has procured expertise from SSPA to support them with several investigations and the results are utilized in a prestudy. Our experts have conducted investigations and analyses within ten different areas in order to find answers of key issues and to support the decision-making process. In the prestudy, SMA concluded that the design of the first new icebreaker should begin shortly and by 2030 the five state-owned icebreakers, existing today will either be replaced or life-time extended.

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Renewal of Sweden's icebreaker fleet – prestudy completed