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In addition to an exciting programme, this year’s visitors to the Tallinn Maritime Days could expect to see a thoroughly renovated section of the Noblessner Harbour promenade and a magnificent maritime-themed sculpture, “Lessner’s Screw”. The artwork is largely courtesy of the BLRT Grupp holding’s subsidiaries and partners.
The screw propeller was delivered to Tallinn from Turku Repair Yard in Naantali. Both BLRT Grupp’s subsidiaries and partners were involved in the sculpture design and installation project. For instance, Elme Trans handled the transportation and lifting of the screw, whereas Marketex Marine devised and fabricated the sculpture’s stand. Merko Ehitus Eesti, a long-standing Grupp’s partner, designed and built the landmark’s foundation. At the same time, the idea for the sculpture’s centrepiece and lighting was proposed and eventually carried into effect by Volume Design. Other contributors to the project’s success include architectural firm Pluss, design bureau K-Projekt, and designer Asko Künnapp, with Noblessner Arendus overseeing every project stage.
According to Ann Virkus, Head of Marketing at Noblessner Arendus, “Lessner’s Screw “is an authentic bronze ship propeller manufactured at the Alstom Power Elbląg factory. The propeller is unparalleled – nothing like it can be found in Estonia or elsewhere. Weighing 33 tonnes and measuring almost 7.5 metres across, the propeller symbolizes the 106-year-long period (1912-2018) of active shipbuilding at Noblessner. The sculpture’s name is a tribute to Arthur Lessner, one of the Noblessner shipbuilding company co-founders, who established a submarine shipyard with his business partner, Emanuel Nobel, in 1912. The shipyard was named Noblessner after the family names of the two founders.