🇫🇮 The owner of Helsinki Shipyard, Davie, acquires Enersense Offshore

Helsinki, Finland – July 8, 2025

The owner of Helsinki Shipyard, Davie, announced today an agreement to acquire Enersense Offshore Oy (Enersense Marine and Offshore Unit), specializing in steel and fabrication operations in Pori, Finland.

Securing domestic steel production, Helsinki Shipyard will be Finland’s only specialised shipbuilder with fully integrated capabilities from design to delivery. The acquisition greatly strengthens Helsinki Shipyard’s capabilities to build multiple special-purpose vessels simultaneously with the market-leading delivery times. Steel production in Mäntyluoto supports Davie’s and Helsinki shipyard’s shipbuilding projects both in Finland and North America.

Finalisation of the transaction is subject to closing conditions expected to be completed during the third quarter of 2025.

The acquisition will boost the shipbuilding industry and employment in Pori and Helsinki, while benefiting the Finnish maritime cluster’s economic value as a whole. The aim is to turn the Unit’s operation around and ramp up its capabilities and capacity to tap into the increasing growth potential in the western shipbuilding market.

In March 2025, Helsinki Shipyard signed an agreement with the Canadian government to construct the hull of a heavy icebreaker based on the shipyard’s build-ready Polar Max concept. Steel production for the Polar Max will begin in Pori as soon as possible and construction work on the vessel will commence at Helsinki Shipyard in August.

“This deal will reinforce our own competitiveness and Finnish shipbuilding as a whole by securing the supply of steel for many critical projects. Most importantly, we’re securing the future of a highly skilled workforce and delivering more stability for customers and partners.” said James DaviesCEO of Davie.

“The Enersense Marine and Offshore Unit possesses unique expertise in steel production for the Arctic marine industry, making Helsinki Shipyard an integrated shipbuilder. The block production for the first vessel under our Polar Max concept begins as soon as possible,” said Kim Salmi, CEO of Helsinki Shipyard.

The highly skilled Enersense Marine and Offshore Unit team will remain in place under new ownership.

“We are delighted that, after patiently conducting the strategic assessment over the past year, we have found the best possible home for the Marine and Offshore Unit. The unique expertise of our personnel in Mäntyluoto can further flourish with Davie, a significant shipbuilder”, said Enersense’s CEO Kari Sundbäck.

Further information: 
Antti Leino
Director, Public Affairs
Group Davie
[email protected]
+1 (367) 977 4668 / +358 40 705 8769

About Davie
Founded in 1825, Davie is part of the Inocea Group, a privately owned international marine industrial group with operations in Canada and Finland. Davie is Canada’s largest and most flexible shipbuilder and a key partner in the country’s National Shipbuilding Strategy. In Finland, Helsinki Shipyard is the global leader in icebreaker and ice-class vessel construction. Together, these facilities design, build, and sustain mission-critical vessels—including icebreakers, warships, and ferries—for governments and commercial customers.

Originally published on 8 July by Helsinki Shipyard.

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