citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message shipyards in klaip da baltija shipbuilding yard jsc baltijos laiv statykla is a shipyard in lithuania . the company located in klaip da is the only shipbuilding yard in the baltic states lithuania latvia and estonia that supplies fleets and marine companies worldwide . however many shipbuilding corporations such as stx europe have shipbuilding or used to have shipbuilding operations in the baltic states . baltija builds pontoons barges trawlers floating docks river ferries dry cargo ships and container carriers . baltija also provides ship repair services . the soviet ministry of shipbuilding founded the yard in 1952 to build fishing boats . in 1958 the yard started building steel floating docks . in 1992 the government of lithuania held 96 % of the shares which were sold to denmark based odense steel shipyard in april 1997 . in 2010 the shipyard was acquired by the estonian company blrt grupp . 1 the yard builds tugboats grand blocks and outfitted superstructures that are just part of container ships built in germany and denmark and blocks for passenger liners built in finland . the company has grown steadily in 1998 it produced 18 000 tons of steel for ship production that grew to 32 000 tons in 2003 and was 55 400 tons in 2006 . employment peaked in 1999 at over 1800 and is now between 1500 and 1600 . references edit blrt grupp buys baltija shipyard estonia . offshorewind.biz . 2010 07 07 . retrieved 2011 01 15 . external links edit baltija website this lithuania related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title baltija shipbuilding yard & oldid 678280584 categories shipyards of europeshipbuilding companies of lithuaniashipbuilding companies of the soviet unioncompanies established in 19521952 establishments in lithuaniacompanies based in klaip dalithuanian brandslithuania stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from january 2011all articles needing additional referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschlietuvi edit links this page was last modified on 28 august 2015 at 12 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view