BLRT Western Shipyard
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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 |
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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
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]
