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BLRT Western Shipyard

BLRT Western Shipyard (Vakarų laivų gamykla) 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.

History

In 1952 the USSR built 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]

External links

References

  1. Vakarų laivų gamykla Rekvizitai.lt, retrieved 7 July 2023^
  2. About Company Baltija Shipbuilding Yard^
  3. Vakarų laivų gamykla Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia, retrieved 6 July 2023^
  4. Estai perka "Baltijos“ laivų statyklą (papildyta) Vakarų Ekspresas, 9 June 2010, retrieved 6 July 2023^
  5. Western Shipyard Western Shipyard, 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^