Baltija Shipbuilding Yard

"Baltija" Shipbuilding Yard JSC is a shipyard in Lithuania. The company -- located in Klaipėda -- is the only shipbuilding yard in the Baltic States that supplies fleets and marine companies worldwide. However, many shipbuilding corporations such as STX Europe have shipbuilding or used to have shipbuilding operations in the Baltic States. "Baltija" builds pontoons, barges, trawlers, floating docks, river ferries, dry cargo ships and container carriers. "Baltija" also provides ship-repair services.

The Soviet Ministry of Shipbuilding founded the yard in 1952, in order to build fishing boats. In 1958 the yard started building steel floating docks. In 1992 the government of Lithuania held 96% of the shares, which were sold to Denmark-based Odense Steel Shipyard in April 1997. In 2010, the shipyard was acquired by the Estonian company BLRT Grupp.

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