Lithuania's Western Baltic Shipyard to build research vessel for Klaipėda University

Vakarų Baltijos Laivų Statykla (Western Baltic Shipyard), a subsidiary of Vakarų Laivų Gamykla (Western Shipyard, or VLG) that is controlled by Estonia’s BLRT Grupp, will build a research vessel for the University of Klaipėda in a project worth 40.535 million litas (EUR 11.7m).

„Vakarų krova“ pradėjo vykdyti bandomąjį laivo pakrovimą iš naujojo skystų krovinių terminalo. / „Vakarų laivų gamyklos“ nuotr.

In line with the contract signed between the university and the shipyard on 15 November, the vessel should be built by the end of 2014, the official gazette Valstybės Žinios reported on Wednesday.

This turnkey order was quite challenging, the shipyard’s CEO, Vitalijus Frolovas, said earlier.

According to the data made available in the Central Public Procurement Portal, a consortium of Finland’s Undenkaupungin Tyovene and Lithuania’s Baltseta also vied for this order but its bid failed to meet the tender requirements.

Lithuania's Western Baltic Shipyard to build research vessel for Klaipėda University

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