BLRT Grupp

Company based in Estonia

Shipbuilding
Mechanical engineering

PredecessorRusso-Baltic Shipbuilding YardFounded1912Headquarters

Tallinn

Estonia

Number of locations

52 subsidiaries
4 joint ventures

Key people

Veronika Ivanovskaja (CEO)Products

Passenger ships
Ferries Fishing vessels
Cargo ships
Barges
Floating dry docks
Fish farming facilities
Drilling rigs
Cranes
Ship unloaders
Steel bridge sections
Railway tunnel sections
Technical gases

Brands

BLRT Grupp
Marketex Marine
Marketex Offshore Constructions
Baltic Premator
Elme Messer Gaas
Elme Metall
Elme Trans

Services

Engineering services
Transport Services
Port Services

Revenue

€411 million ^[1] (2014)

Number of employees

4,000 ^[1] (2014)Subsidiaries

Tallinn Shipyard
BLRT Western Shipyard
Turku Repair Yard
BLRT Fiskerstrand

Websitewww.blrt.ee

BLRT Grupp (Balti Laevaremonditehas) is a shipbuilding company headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia. In addition to Estonia, the company owns shipyards in Lithuania, Finland and Norway. Its shipbuilding and ship repair subsidiaries are Tallinn Shipyard, BLRT Western Shipyard, Turku Repair Yard, and BLRT Fiskerstrand.^[2]^[3]

On 14 December 2011, Fiskerstrand BLRT delivered the world's largest LNG-powered ferry, MF Boknafjord, to Norwegian company Fjord1.^[4]^[5]^[6] Another LNG-fired ferry, MF Edøyfjord, was delivered on 30 January 2012.^[7]

The total profit was 283.9 million euros in 2017, 302.2 million euros in 2018. Net profit was 18.5 million euros in 2017, 15.1 million euros in 2018.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "BLRT Grupp jõudis pärast kaht kahjumlikku aastat kasumisse". Majandus (in Estonian). Postimees. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
^ "BLRT Grupp, Rohde Nielsen Ink Agreement for Dredger Construction". Dredgingtoday.com. 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
^ "BLRT Grupp buys Baltija Shipyard (Estonia)". OffshoreWind.biz. 2010-07-07. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
^ "Norway: Fjord1 Launches World's Largest Gas Ferry". World Maritime News. 2011-12-14. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
^ "Verdens største gassferge" [The world's largest gas ferry]. Maritimt Magasin (in Norwegian). 2012-01-23. Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
^ "Fjord1 and Fiskerstrand BLRT to Build World's Largest LNG-Powered Ferry". Green Car Congress. 2010-07-05. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
^ "Norway: BLRT Grupp Delivers Gas-powered Ferry to Fjord1". World Maritime News. 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
^ "Фёдор Берман: хотелось бы при жизни всё увидеть". Äripäev (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-07-14.