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.
 BLRT Western Shipyard logo | |
 Western Shipyard in Klaipėda, 2013 | |
Native name | AB Vakarų laivų gamykla |
|---|---|
| Company type | Public limited company |
| Industry | Ship building |
| Founded | 1952 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Revenue | €18.0 mln (2022) |
| €6.2 mln (2022) | |
| €5.9 mln (2022) | |
| Total assets | €77.8 mln (2022) |
| Total equity | €57.15 mln (2022) |
Number of employees | 141 |
| Parent | BLRT Grupp |
| Website | wsy.lt |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
History
editIn 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
editThe 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
edit- ^ "Vakarų laivų gamykla" (in Lithuanian). Rekvizitai.lt. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "About Company". Baltija Shipbuilding Yard. Archived from the original on 7 March 2005.
- ^ a b "Vakarų laivų gamykla" [Western Shipyard]. Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Western Shipyard". Western Shipyard. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "UAB "Vakarų Baltijos laivų statykla"". LLSRA. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Ship naming ceremony today: Fjord1 launches world's largest gas ferry on Boknafjord". Business Wire. 13 December 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
- ^ "Rolls-Royce provides power to world's largest gas ferry". Rolls-Royce. 13 September 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
- ^ "The Largest Floating Dock in the Baltic States". The Maritime Executive. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
External links
edit- Official website of the Western Shipyard
- Official website of the Western Baltija Shipbuilding subsidiary
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