Christmas in June

After the archive donation of Silja Line, I wondered if anything could match their big present.

I spent a few hours today at STX Europe in Helsinki. I met there Mrs. Vatanen with whom I had a nice talk about Finnjet and drank a fine cup of coffee. I filled my briefcase with som...

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We have them!

Today on the 29th of April, our founding member, Mr Haapanen has brought the society a great big hello from Silja Line. It comes from their Finnjet archive.

20 binders, 2 full boxes of papers and five video tapes are now waiting for our scanners and film editing machines. We'll sho...

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The fate of the telegraphs - developing story

GTS FINNJET had four sets of engine telegraphs. One on the bridge, two on both sides of the bridge wings and a split set in the engine control room.

The first telegraphs were installed in 1976 at the Wärtsilä Hietalahti yard in Helsinki. They served...

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