The Tallinn shipyard of BLRT Repair Yards, located in Estonia, has inaugurated a new floating dry dock that will allow the servicing, repair and modernization of ships. larger vessels. This advance is part of an ongoing effort to expand the shipyard’s capabilities in the ship maintenance..
Designed specifically to accommodate medium-sized vessels, including tankers and cruise ships, the new floating dry dock boasts impressive dimensions of 180 meters in length and 30 meters in width, plus a lifting capacity of 10,000 tons. This dock replaces a previous one with smaller dimensions of 155 meters long and 27 meters wide, marking a significant improvement in the shipyard’s infrastructure.
Floating dry dock will be a boost for ship repair in Estonia
The FD22 was built at the HAT-SAN shipyard in Turkey and completed in May 2024. It was subsequently transferred to Tallinn via the tug Zeus from Finland, operated by the company Alfons Håkans, after all necessary infrastructure preparations were completed in Estonia.
The ship repair industry in Estonia, strategically located along the main shipping routes of the Baltic Sea, has shown remarkable growth. With well-developed facilities in Tallinn and Saaremaa, this industry benefits from a skilled workforce, competitive prices and continuous investments in infrastructure, consolidating Estonia’s position as an emerging maritime hub in the Baltic region.
Prime Minister stresses Estonia’s maritime potential
During a visit to the shipyard, the Prime Minister of Estonia, Kristen Michal, highlighted the potential of the country’s maritime industry in terms of ports and vessels and also in ship repair.
This investment will expand the shipyard’s capabilities and contribute to the development of a hub for innovative and sustainable maritime services. Michal stressed that these investments are crucial to transform Estonia into a leader in maritime technologies, complementing its already consolidated position in the field of digital technologies.
BLRT shipyards modernize Baltic infrastructure
BLRT Repair Yardspart of BLRT Grupp, one of the largest industrial groups in the Baltic Sea, operates three ship repair yards: Tallinn Shipyard in Estonia, Western Shiprepair in Lithuania and Turku Repair Yard in Finland.
In 2020, Western Shiprepair commissioned a 235-meter-long, 45-meter-wide floating dock, the largest in the Baltic States, capable of handling Post-Panamax, Panamax and Aframax-sized vessels.
Meanwhile, in Finland, the Turku Repair Yard recently upgraded one of its largest piers, measuring 265 meters by 70 meters, as part of its ongoing investment program focused on modernizing its infrastructure.
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