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Klaipėda Port Authority starts constructing the infrastructure for the offshore wind energy projects
Klaipėda Port Authority starts constructing the infrastructure for the offshore wind energy projects – the contract was signed for the reconstruction of quays on Smeltė peninsula, which will ensure smooth assembly, handling and transportation of wind …
Feb 12, 2025 / Curious
Klaipėda Port moves into the future: the country’s first hydrogen-powered ship is already in the water
The first ever green hydrogen and electricity-powered ship in Lithuania, commissioned by the Klaipėda State Seaport Authority, has been moved from shipyard into water. Leaving no trace on the environment, it will clean other vessels entering the …
Jan 23, 2025 / Vessels
Western Baltija Shipbuilding starts construction of the first hydrogen-electric ship for Klaipeda State Seaport Authority
A new page in the history of the Lithuanian shipping industry has been written today. The construction of the first hydrogen-electric ship in the state’s history has officially begun at Western Baltija Shipbuilding (WBS) commissioned by the Klaipėda …
Jun 24, 2024 / Curious
Klaipėda port takes another step towards green hydrogen production
The first green hydrogen production and refuelling stations project in Klaipėda and Lithuania is underway for implementation, with all environmental impact assessment procedures for the planned activities completed. Specialists from the Environmental …
Jun 17, 2024 / Curious
The First LNG Bunkering Operation Performed at Klaipeda Port
The first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation was successfully performed in the Port of Klaipeda. LNG tanker Avenir Aspiration bunkered 326 cubic meters of liquified natural gas to a 170-meter length CMA CGM container vessel Containerships Aurora on …
Apr 16, 2024 / Vessels
Samskip expands strategic Baltic Sea development to increase service capacity and include Klaipeda in the network
Samskip expands strategic Baltic Sea development to increase service capacity and include Klaipeda in the network. Friday, March 1st marked the date when Samskip took the next step in its strategic Baltic Sea development by increasing service …
Mar 5, 2024 / Curious
Baltic Workboats AS and BLRT Grupp to build a fully electric waste collection tanker for the Port of Klaipeda
The design and construction of a tanker collecting waste from other vessels arriving at the Port of Klaipėda will be the first large collaboration project between Baltic Workboats and Western Baltija Shipbuilding, a subsidiary within BLRT Grupp. The …
Aug 3, 2023 / Curious
Proman to help Lithuania’s Klaipeda port introduce methanol fuel systems
Proman has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) with the Port of Klaipėda in Lithuania to support its transition from a “gateway to the world” to an “energy port”. The Port of Klaipėda aims to become an energy centre, not just a cargo, …
Jun 8, 2023 / Curious
Eesti Gaas signed agreements for receiving ten LNG cargos
Eesti Gaas has made agreements with LNG terminals to bring a total of ten LNG cargos by the fall of this year – three deliveries to the port of Klaipeda in Lithuania in the winter and seven to the port of Inkoo in Finland in the spring and summer. …
Feb 6, 2023 / Curious
Gas supply for the autumn months arrived in Klaipeda
On the order of Eesti Gaas, the Equinor gas tanker Isabella delivered another shipload of liquefied natural gas (LNG) of American origin to Klaipeda terminal in Lithuania. This is already the fourth major LNG based gas delivery with which Eesti Gaas …
Oct 19, 2022 / Vessels