Western Baltija Shipbuilding delivers multi-purpose cargo ship Anetta

Western Baltija Shipbuilding, part of Western Shipyard (member of BLRT Grupp), has completed a turnkey project and delivered a multi-purpose cargo vessel Anetta, the shipbuilder said in a press release

According to Fjodor Berman, the Chairman of the Board of BLRT Grupp, building vessels from scratch, starting from the elaboration of a vessel’s concept and ending with her launching, has been the ultimate goal of the concern all these years. Multi-purpose cargo vessel Anetta is the second such purpose turnkey delivery of a newbuild for Western Baltija Shipbuilding.

The vessel was designed for the transportation of bulk and bale cargo, timber, grain, and steel coils. Apart from that, it is also fit for transportation of dangerous goods in package of 2 to 9 class and dangerous goods in bulk classes 4, 5, and 9 (IMO IMDG code).

Ship's main specifications: LOA - 89.9 m, beam - 14.5 m, DWT - 4600 tonnes, draft - 5.77 meters, max. speed - 11.5 knots, accommodations for 10 crew members.

Anetta has two cargo holds with 10 pontoon hatches, each of the cargo holds with capacity of 2875 m3 is equipped with a movable bulkhead. Permissible load on cargo deck is 15 t/cbm. MCR of the main engine is 1600 kW. Auxiliary plant consists of two 248 kW auxiliary diesel generators, 350 kW shaft generator and 70 kW emergency diesel generator. Apart from that, the vessel is equipped with bow thruster with nominal input power of 300 kW.

The concept and design of multi-purpose vessel was developed by Western Shipyard Group's in-house engineering firm Western Baltic Engineering. The construction was supervised by Lloyd‘s Register.

Klaipeda, Lithuania based Western Baltija Shipbuilding (WBS) is a subsidiary of Western Shipyard, part of Estonian industrial concern BLRT Grupp. The company created after merger of two largest Lithuanian shipbuilding corporations “Western Shipbuilding Yard” and “Baltija” Shipbuilding Yard.

Western Shipyard Group's staff is 1700 employees. Today, the Group incorporates one shipbuilding yard in Klaipeda and three ship repair yards based in Estonia, Lithuania and Finland.