Beacon Finland Ltd Oy, established in 1987, is a privately own, independent naval architectural consulting company located in the town of Rauma, Finland. The company works increasingly with shipowner's, shipyards and ship equipment manufacturers.

The main activities are ship design - both conventional and special ships - design and sales of ship equipment and supervision and management of ship repair and conversions.  Our designers have a very long and profound experience in domestic as well as foreign projects, using the latest design tools and computer programs. Experts in hydrodynamics, ship propulsion and ship theory, structural strength including finite elements techniques, hydraulics etc. are available. Beacon Finland also has a wide network of skilled freelance designers and partner companies, that may be utilized.

Other products which Beacon Finland has been designing are fixed propeller nozzles, steerable propeller nozzles as well as conventional rudders.

Since 1990 Beacon Finland has developed an own product: the JAK^®-ATB Coupling System for pusher-barge assemblies. ATB means an articulated tug-barge system where a tug is engaged to barge with two couplers. These allow tug and barge to pivot in vertical direction independently and so reducing forces in joint. Today the JAK^®-ATB Coupling System is in production in three sizes and well taken by ship owners.

 

Key Persons

Ms. Tuija Hörkkö; Managing Director

Mr. Timo Rintala; Technical Director

Mr. Tommi Korte; Project Manager, Ship Theory, Steel Structure Design

Mr. Juhani Suutari; Project Manager, Machinery Design

Mr. Anssi Saari; Project Manager, Strength Analysis

Mr. Ismo Heiramo; Project Engineer, Strength Analysis and Measurements

Ms. Maarit Rantanen; Assistant