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Introduction Helsinki City, Finland

Helsinki, the capital and the largest port city of Finland, is also the center of Finland’s economy, politics, culture, tourism and transportation, and a world-renowned international metropolis. The city has been rated as one of the most livable cities in the world for many years in a row. The city is also one of the happiest cities in the world.

Adjacent to the Baltic Sea, Helsinki is a city where classical beauty and modern civilization are integrated, and it is also a garden city where urban architecture and natural scenery are ingeniously combined. The buildings in the city are mostly built of light-colored granite, which is known as the “white city in the north”.

Against the background of the sea, no matter whether the sea is blue in summer or drifting ice is floating in winter, this port city always looks beautiful and clean, and is praised by the world as “the daughter of the Baltic Sea”. In the harbor market in Helsinki, there is a bronze statue named “Daughter of the Baltic Sea”, which is a symbol of Helsinki. Helsinki is not only the political, economic, cultural and commercial center of Finland, but also the largest port city in Finland, through which 50% of the country’s imported goods enter Finland. This city located between the east and the west also has the largest airport in the country, with more than 40 international routes leading to major cities in the world.

Helsinki is also a vibrant cultural city and was selected as one of the nine cultural cities in Europe in 2000. Helsinki is the largest industrial center in Finland, not only the center of machine building and shipbuilding industry, but also the center of printing and clothing industry. The lakes in Helsinki are dotted all over the streets and alleys. It not only has the glorious tradition of Finland in the past, but also pays attention to the taste of modern life.

The whole city has a proper mix of old and new, exuding metropolitan charm and Nordic elegance everywhere, and there are countless distinctive buildings and museums in the city. The minimalist style combined with a variety of lively and unique ideas has been integrated into a variety of unique furniture, fashion, glass and ceramic utensils, which have attracted the attention of the world and are competing to be regarded as classics.

Geographical environment

The Port of Helsinki is located at 60 degrees north latitude and is also a port city. The port is located in southern Finland, on the verge of the Gulf of Finland, surrounded by the sea on three sides, with a mild climate, and is connected to the interior of Finland by railways and roads, with convenient transportation.

About half of Finland’s imports pass through the port of Helsinki. Near the port is the largest industrial base in Finland, with well-developed food processing, metal products, printing, clothing and textile industries. Watersila Shipyard, which specializes in the production of icebreakers, passenger ships and ocean engineering ships, and Arabian Porcelain Factory, which is rich in advanced ceramics, Just near the port area.

The West Port of Helsinki Port is a container terminal, with a total of 7 shore loading and unloading bridges and 1 terminal mobile crane. The container throughput in 2003 was 480,000 TEUs thanks to the increase in the volume of Russian re-exports at the Port of Helsinki. However, the Port of Helsinki has no plans for expansion and expansion of container terminal facilities and equipment.

The Helsinki Port Authority believes that the production potential of the existing port terminal is still very large, and production efficiency must be squeezed out of every link of the port terminal production management system. And operating benefits to tap more container throughput.

City ​​honor

On December 26, 2019, it ranked 113th in the list of the top 500 global cities in 2019.

In April 2020, it was selected into the “2020 Global Summer Resort Cities List”.