On September 14 Wärtsilä BLRT Services Klaipeda officially starts its operations. The company is a joint venture between Wärtsilä Corporation and BLRT Group, where 51 % is owned by Wärtsilä and 49 % by BLRT Group. The joint venture was announced in March this year.
Wärtsilä BLRT Services Klaipeda will provide full shiprepair services in the Baltic region, including servicing of engines, gearboxes, propellers and other ship equipment.
The company starts its operations with 70 employees and has a facility to draw on the extensive resources of both Wärtsilä and BLRT’s subsidiary Western Shipyard according to individual service needs.
Establishing a service company is integral to Wärtsilä’s strategy of strengthening its position as the Services supplier to its marine customers.
Wärtsilä in brief
Wärtsilä enhances the business of its customers by providing them with complete lifecycle power solutions. When creating better and environmentally compatible technologies, Wärtsilä focuses on the marine and energy markets with products and solutions as well as services. Through innovative products and services, Wärtsilä sets out to be the most valued business partner of all its customers. This is achieved by the dedication of more than 12,000 professionals manning 130 Wärtsilä offices in over 60 countries around the world.
BLRT Group
BLRT Group is one of the largest enterprises in Estonia, and also in the Eastern Baltic. Growing from ship repair activities in Tallinn, it now focuses on ship repair, shipbuilding, fabrication of steel structures, machine building, and scrap metal processing. The group has shipyards in Tallinn and Klaipeda, Lithuania. The majority of its customers are in Norway, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and the Baltic countries
For further information please contact
Ms Marit Holmlund-Sund
Public Relations Manager
Wärtsilä Corporation
Direct tel: +358 10 709 1439
e-mail: marit.holmlund-sund@wartsila.com
Internet: www.wartsila.com
