SATA Shipbuilding is Finland’s west coast powerhouse for precision heavy steel fabrication, shipbuilding, and modular block construction.

What we do

From Arctic-strength hulls to industrial machinery to luxury floating swimming pools to the world’s largest offshore energy infrastructure, we deliver complex, large-scale projects with unmatched accuracy, reliability, and pride.

Block Fabrication

  • Precision cutting and panel lines.
  • Large block production for cruise ships, naval vessels, and offshore platforms.
  • Outfitting capabilities with a strong subcontractor network.

Shipbuilding & Launching

  • Full shipbuilding capacity with launch rails, lifting towers, and quay access.
  • Experience in standalone builds and modular delivery.

Surface Treatment

  • Blasting, priming, and painting halls for blocks and modules up to 30 × 30 m.
  • Climate-controlled storage ensuring long-term protection.

Engineering & Design Support

  • Partnerships with leading Finnish design houses.
  • AVEVA Marine expertise, detail and concept design experience, hydrodynamic analyses.

Certified Quality & Safety

  • ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, EN 1090, ISO 3834, ASME U2 + S.
  • DNV-audited processes, dimensional control with Leica instruments, and advanced welding technologies.

Our expertise spans across industries, delivering mission-critical steel solutions worldwide:

  • Shipbuilding & Conversions

    Hull blocks, modular sections, outfitting, ship conversion and complete vessel capability.

  • Port Infrastructure

    Pontoons, floating platforms, barges and quay structures.

  • Industrial Machinery

    Pressure vessels, tanks, autoclaves, reactors, debarking drums, conveyors, and heavy rotating equipment.

  • Mining, Chemical & Metallurgical Equipment

    Direct leaching reactors, pressure vessels, and process tanks.

  • Subsea & Offshore Systems

    Subsea frames, carousels, jackets, suction piles, and complex structures.

  • Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

    Semi-submersibles rigs, jack-ups, spar hulls, and production units.

  • Offshore Renewables

    Floating spar platforms and wind turbine foundations.

Our Facility

SATA Shipbuilding offers a unique combination of large production halls, outfitting workshops, surface treatment facilities, and direct deep-water access at the Port of Pori.

SATA Shipbuilding facility

  • Assembly and launch rails

    North rails

    200 t/m

    South rails

    450 t/m

  • Pipe-hall

    Size

    67 x 16m

    Overhead cranes

    1 x 10ton / 9,8m

    CNC pipe cutting and beveling machine

  • Paint shop

    Size

    60 x 60m (2 chambers à 30x30m)

    One chamber for blasting and one for painting. Climate controlled storage.

    Doors

    16,8 x 26,4m (h x w)

  • Best hall

    Size

    70 x 40m

    Overhead cranes

    2 x 20ton / 13m

    Doors

    15 x 30m (h x w)

  • High-hall

    Size

    130 x 28m

    Overhead cranes

    2 x 100ton / 25m
    1 x 50ton / 16m

    Door

    26 x 27,7m (h x w)

  • Shop priming

    Size

    130 x 28m

    Door

    26 x 27,7m (h x w)

    Climate controlled storage

  • Parts prefabrication

    Cranes capacity over cutting tables

    2 x 16ton

    • Edge milling
    • Profile saws
    • Profile shaping
    • Rolling and forming
    • Machining
    • Indoor storage

  • Low-hall

    Size

    130 x 28m

    Overhead cranes

    12 x 50ton / 12m
    1 x 60ton / 12m

    Door

    10,8 x 19,5m (h x w)

    Our facilities can handle 6,000 – 9,000 tonnes of steel per year, enabling us to fabricate everything from individual blocks to floating megastructures.

  • Section-hall

    Size

    190 x 38m

    Overhead cranes

    2 x 80ton / 14m 1 x 60ton / 13m

    Door

    14,4 x 34,6m (h x w)
    Panel line

  • Spar-hall

    Size

    100 x 40m

    Overhead cranes

    2 x 80ton / 18m

    Door

    18 x 20m (h x w)

Experience

Across five decades, our name has been associated with projects that push the boundaries of engineering – from the North Sea to the Gulf of Mexico to the Baltic Sea.

  • Floating Swimming Pool 1
  • Lorem Ipsum 123
  • Floating Swimming Pool 3

  • Floating Swimming Pool 1

    Delivered for Mandarin Oriental Lake Como

  • Lorem Ipsum 123

    Lorem Ipsum 123

  • Floating Swimming Pool 3

    Delivered for Mandarin Oriental Lake Como

SATA Shipbuilding has delivered projects for the world’s leading shipyards, energy majors, and industrial players:

  • Shipbuilding, Ship Sections and Port Infrastructure

    • Hull blocks for Finland’s shipbuilding industry (Cruise ships, RoPax ferries etc.)
    • Port infrastructure such as pontoons for European clients.

  • Offshore Energy

    • 16 semi-submersibles, 5 jack-ups, and 3 drillships built
    • Spar hulls for Chevron, Exxon, BP, Kerr-McGee, Anadarko, and Murphy Oil.
    • World’s first floating offshore wind foundation (Hywind, 2008).
    • Tahkoluoto Offshore Windfarm foundations, Finland.

  • Heavy Industry & Special Projects

    • Large autoclaves, reactors, and pressure vessels for Metso Outotec and Neste.
    • Subsea frames, cable carousels, and jacket components for offshore energy.
    • Civil and industrial fabrication, including debarking drums, conveyors, and subsea structures.
    • Floating swimming pool delivered for Lake Como.

Leadership

  • Niko Suomela

    Niko Suomela

    Managing Director

  • Jukka Luotolinna

    Jukka Luotolinna

    Head of Sales