SC “Baltija” Shipbuilding Yard

Pilies str. 8 LT-91503 Klaipeda, Lithuania Tel.: +370 46 398 100 Fax: +370 46 398 245 +370 46 398 200 e-mail: www.baltijos.lt

Viktoras Stulpinas Gen. director

„Baltija“ Shipbuilding Yard was founded in Lithuanian seaport Klaipeda in 1952. During  years the yard have built more than 400 various type vessels and other floating units, mainly fishing vessels and docks.

Due to the changes of the political and economic situation in Lithuania “Baltija” experienced a difficult period of time nevertheless as distinct from many other enterprises the yard managed to survive and to get new customers from Europe. In 1997 Danish shipbuilding yard “Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd.”, a member of the A. P. Moller – Maersk Group, became the mother company of “Baltija” Shipbuilding Yard. The new Danish partner has invested heavily in the modernizacion of equipment, the building of new blasting / painting halls and the establishment of a desing engineering centre.This gave "Baltija" the opportunity to increase its steel construction output, and also improved its competitiveness in building the modern turn-key vessels and their parts (blocks and superstructures).

Nowadays «Baltija» is one of the biggest shipbuilding yard in the three Baltic States (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) offering a full range of shipbuilding services and facilities and it is capable of building turn-key newbuildings up to 115x19,7 m and attaining a steel construction output figure of up to 50,000 tns per annum. At present "Baltija" Shipbuilding Yard production is concentrated on building blocks and superstructures for Ro-Ro and bulk carriers, as well as hulls for fishing trawlers.

Company data:
Number of employees 1 300
Total yard area 290 000 m²
Quay length 600 m
Depth on the quay 6 – 8 m

"Baltija" Shipbuilding Yard is able to build:

•  different type vessels up to L x B = 115 x 19,7 m;
•  steel blocks, painted and outfitted up to 32x18x14m and 500 tns weight;
•  completely outfitted superstructures up to 600 tns.