BLRT Western Shipyard

BLRT Western Shipyard is a shipyard in Klaipėda, Lithuania. The company belongs to the Estonian company BLRT Grupp and provides shipbuilding and repair services in the Baltic region.

BLRT Western Shipyard
Native name
AB Vakarų laivų gamykla
TypePublic limited company
IndustryShip building
Founded1952
Headquarters
Klaipėda
,
Lithuania
Revenue€142.813 million (2022)[1]
€2.047 million (2022)[1]
€1.131 million (2022)[1]
Number of employees
143[1]
ParentBLRT Grupp
Websitewsy.lt

History

In 1952, during the Soviet occupation, a new shipyard called Baltijos laivų statykla (Baltija Shipbuilding Yard) was established.[2] In 1969, another shipyard called Vakarų laivų remonto gamykla (Western Ship Repair Factory) was built.[3] Following the restoration of independence, the government of Lithuania privatized the shipyards. In 1997, Baltijos laivų statykla was sold to a Danish company Odense Steel Shipyard, while in 2001 Vakarų laivų remonto gamykla was sold to the Estonian company BLRT Grupp.[4][3] In 2010, the Baltijos laivų statykla was taken over by the BLRT Grupp, thus merging both shipyards under the Western Baltija Shipbuilding within the Western Shipyard Group.[4][5]

Activities

The main activities of the company are shipbuilding, ship repair and conversion, complex ship design and engineering as well as metal construction.[6]

In 2011, the shipyard built the largest LNG-powered Norwegian ferry MF Boknafjord.[7][8]

In June 2020, the largest floating dock (235 m long and 45 m wide, with lifting capacity of 33,000 tons) in the Baltic States was installed in the shipyard.[9]

References
  1. "Vakarų laivų gamykla, AB revenue, profit". www.rekvizitai.vz.lt.
  2. "About Company". Baltija Shipbuilding Yard. Archived from the original on 7 March 2005.
  3. "Vakarų laivų gamykla" [Western Shipyard]. Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  4. "Estai perka "Baltijos" laivų statyklą (papildyta)" [Estonians buy "Baltija" shipyard (updated)]. Vakarų Ekspresas (in Lithuanian). 9 June 2010. Archived from the original on 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  5. "Western Shipyard". Western Shipyard. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  6. "UAB "Vakarų Baltijos laivų statykla"". LLSRA. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  7. "Ship naming ceremony today: Fjord1 launches world's largest gas ferry on Boknafjord". Business Wire. 13 December 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  8. "Rolls-Royce provides power to world's largest gas ferry". Rolls-Royce. 13 September 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  9. "The Largest Floating Dock in the Baltic States". The Maritime Executive. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2023.


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