The Viktor Lenac Shipyard ( or Shipyard Viktor Lenac d.d. (JSC))[1] is situated on the northern Croatian Adriatic coast, 3 km from the largest Croatian port. It was founded in 1896,[1] and was among the first in the world to deal with ship lengthenings.[2] It is quoted on the Zagreb Stock Exchange with ticker VLEN-R-B.[1]
Today it has three floating dry docks, one accommodating vessels up to 160,000 dwt, more than 1,000 metres of berthing space, a large offshore construction site and it specializes in ship conversions and gas platform construction.
History
In 1896 a ship repair facility for the merchant, naval and fishing vessel fleets of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was founded in Rijeka, the largest Adriatic port, under the name Lazarus. After the end of the Second World War, in 1948, the yard was nationalised and renamed