(22.Aug.09) Update to the news: The shipment is after all still stuck in India. This isn't very surprising anymore. For some reason it is very hard to buy something from India, especially without paying someone a fee that locally means ten years of income. Defeat is however not an option!
After months of long negotiations and hurdles, a sea container has been hoisted onto a freighter in Mumbai, India. Several tons of steel and machinery from the legendary GTS FINNJET are finally coming back home to Finland. The arrival date for this first container is in September and then we'll say a little more.
Society wedding!
One of our founders and our current board member Mr Jan Moerchen is now a married man. Interestingly our accountant Ms Anja Pasenow is now also married. Yes, you guessed it, they married eachother in Travemünde just a couple of days ago.
I congratulate the happy couple on behalf...
We congratulate you on the delivery of your new fishing vessel!
If you need any help with your new boat, we stand ready to assist.
In other news: One lifeboat from GTS Finnjet is in Finland!
Finnjet Historical Society ry at the STX Hietalahti shipyard in Helsinki, Finland.
10th of July, 2009
Mr Meding, Mrs Meding, Mr Heinonen, Mr Junni, Mr Kempas, Mr Ahtiainen, Mr Haapanen, Mr Marttinen, Mr Kivistö, Mr R. Leskinen, Mr T. Leskinen, Mr A. Leskinen, Mr Schultze
Picture credit: Mr J...
The 29th of June, 2009 was a marvellous day for the society. The chairman and his aide picked up even more GTS FINNJET folders from the STX Hietalahti shipyard in Helsinki. The V70 was loaded up rather fully as you can see in the pictures. We have now further 133 large folders, 54 smaller folders an...