
Norway's Kongsberg Maritime has signed an agreement to
buy Steerprop, a Finnish company that designs and manufactures
marine propulsion systems including azimuth thrusters and propellers
intended mainly for ships operating in the regions
arctic. The systems produced by Rauma's company are
installed on over 400 ships.
The Norwegian group has made it known that it is its intention
integrate Steerprop into Kongsberg Maritime once completed
the transaction.