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

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.

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. 1 2 3 4 "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. 1 2 "Vakarų laivų gamykla" [Western Shipyard]. Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  4. 1 2 "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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