Western Baltija Shipbuilding

Founded in 2010, Western Baltija Shipbuilding is a defense prime contractor based in Klaipeda, Lithuania working in naval systems.

Western Baltija Shipbuilding is a shipyard in Klaipeda, Lithuania, formed in 2010 by the merger of the Western Shipbuilding Yard and Baltija Shipbuilding Yard. It is part of the Western Shipyard Group within the BLRT Grupp industrial holding. The yard offers services from conceptual design to turn-key solutions and builds hulls, steel blocks and vessels, including trawlers, ferries, tugs, reefers, bulkers, dredgers and floating docks. It states it has built over 600 vessels and marine constructions and employs more than 350 people. The company holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certifications, NATO quality assurance and AQAP 2110 approvals, and EN 1090 execution class EXC4 for steel structures. Its commercial shipbuilding work is the main focus of its public materials.