Swan Hellenic christens new ship in Helsinki
Will PayneSwan Hellenic christened its new ship Minerva at the Helsinki Shipyard on Tuesday (23 November).
The small ceremony was attended by the ship’s godmother, Johanna Makela, Finland’s first professor of food culture and wife of Helsinki mayor Juhana Vartiainen.
Mayor Vartiainen was also present, along with Swan Hellenic chief executive Andrea Zito and Helsinki Shipyard chief Carl-Gustaf Rotkirch.
The celebration follows reported global supply chain disruptions and recent spikes in Covid-19 cases in Finland, which caused Swan Hellenic to delay the start of Minerva’s inaugural season.
The vessel is scheduled to depart the shipyard early next week.
During the ceremony, Zito congratulated everyone at Helsinki Shipyard for their "impeccable work in difficult circumstances".
"The vessel has been completed after only 26 months from the signing of the contract which is a remarkable achievement," Zito added.
"We now very much look forward to taking our guests to see what others don’t, exploring in exceptional comfort and style."
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