BLRT Repair Yards Klaipėda completed comprehensive maintenance on Aurora Coey, a modern LNG battery-hybrid PSV, combining precision work with a full visual transformation.

The project included full hull and superstructure preparation and a complete colour transition to red/white, including high-elevation works at the top of the superstructure carried out by dedicated access teams. In parallel, a broad technical package covered propulsion, mechanical, and electrical systems, touching every critical layer of the vessel.

Further works covered safety valves, anchoring equipment, box coolers cleaning, steel works, and checks of the vessel’s common systems.

First collaboration projects always matter. They set the rhythm. This one confirmed again that when operator standards are high, the ship repair yard must fully comply.

After completing her maintenance period at Turku Repair Yard, Victoria I of Tallink Grupp has returned to service, ready for another busy season.

The team at Turku Repair Yard carried out a comprehensive scope of work to ensure safe and reliable operation. Over the past weeks, the project included both structural upgrades and critical machinery maintenance.

The work scope covered the installation of a new passenger entrance on Deck 7, underwater hull surface treatment, propeller shaft seal replacement, steering gear overhaul, CPP hydraulic system overhaul, and replacement of two propeller blades.

Additional works included mooring equipment and electrical upgrades, servicing of more than 90 deck and overboard valves, and galvanizing of worn car deck areas totalling approximately 1100 m².

On 20 February, BLRT Repair Yards Tallinn conducted an emergency evacuation and muster drill in the floating dock FD 34.

Following the alarm signal, shipyard employees from various departments, together with the vessel’s crew, evacuated and assembled at the designated muster point in accordance with established emergency procedures.

The drill was carried out with TÕLL, a 114 m ferry operated by TS Laevad, currently under maintenance at the yard in Tallinn.

Regular drills like this strengthen coordination between yard personnel and vessel crews, reinforce safety awareness, and ensure readiness in case of real emergency situations.

Watch a short video from the drill.

The Estonia will celebrate its 108th anniversary of independence on February 24.

After maintenance at BLRT Repair Yards Tallinn, LEIGER of TS Laevad is leaving the shipyard today and heading back to the Rohuküla- Heltermaa route, where she is scheduled to resume service on 13 February.

This winter has tested Estonia’s ferry connections with heavy ice and unusually low water levels, among the toughest conditions in the past decade.

While LEIGER was in dock, the route was operated by REGULA, which also underwent maintenance at BLRT Repair Yards Tallinn in December 2025, ensuring both vessels are technically prepared to meet demanding winter operations and enabling continuity of service between the mainland and Hiiumaa.

Now, with maintenance completed, one of the main vessels designed specifically for local conditions is back where she belongs, serving passengers and keeping them connected.

Next in line, ferry TÕLL is about to arrive at BLRT Repair Yards for her maintenance, continuing our cooperation with TS Laevad in keeping Estonia’s ferry fleet reliable and ready for any weather conditions.

When Viking Grace of Viking Line arrived at BLRT Repair Yard Naantali for her scheduled docking, the focus was clear: careful maintenance of critical systems to ensure safe, efficient and reliable operation.

The most important measures were centred on systems below the waterline, including rudders, the propeller shaft system, and thrusters, which form the backbone of the vessel’s manoeuvrability and propulsion. In parallel, the vessel’s bottom was painted to strengthen corrosion protection and support optimised fuel consumption, an essential factor in everyday ferry operations.

Key control systems serving the RoRo equipment and the HI-FOG sprinkler system were replaced, cargo handling equipment on the car deck was maintained, and the electrical system underwent planned review and servicing covering generators, bow thrusters and propulsion engines. Together, these works support stable operation, redundancy and onboard safety.

A strong emphasis was placed on energy optimisation, with system adjustments aimed at ensuring efficient performance, reducing environmental impact, and maintaining a high level of operational safety until the vessel’s next docking. Touch-up painting of the vessel’s exterior completed the maintenance package, restoring protection where it matters most.

Ferry Robin Hood of TT- Line has now departed our yard in Klaipeda, following a scheduled maintenance focused on protection, safety, and operational reliability.

A familiar name, carrying a legacy of endurance and reliability- qualities that matter just as much in modern ship repair.

During her stay, the focus was on restoring safety and mechanical readiness. Underwater hull painting was carried out using the XGIT-Fuel coating system by GIT Coatings, with full sheltering of the underwater area to ensure controlled temperature and humidity conditions, a critical factor for coating quality and long-term efficiency.

Beyond performance, such an application represents a meaningful step towards the sustainability ambitions shaping today’s ferry operations, supporting efficiency improvements and reduced environmental impact over the vessel’s operational lifecycle.

Above the waterline, Deck 1 underwent grit blasting and repainting with a PPG coating system with the addition of antiskid aggregate from PPG. In ship repair terms, this means a fully specified, multi-layer coating solution, from surface preparation through primers, intermediate coats, and topcoat, applied to protect steel and restore durability.

The scope was completed with maintenance and adjustment of all ramps, minor steel repairs, cleaning and painting of topside and superstructure areas, piping works, servicing of rudders, propellers, and bow thruster, inspection of tanks, maintenance of overboard valves and strainers, and cleaning of heat exchangers, alongside other related service and repair works.

With serviced and verified systems, Robin Hood has left the yard, ready for efficient and compliant service ahead, following a necessary maintenance pause to ensure continued operational readiness.

When ferry season is in full swing, everything moves fast.

Winter tells a different story. Routes are quieter, passenger volumes ease, and ferries get the time they need for planned maintenance. This is when vessels step out of the peak operational flow, so that when spring and summer arrive, they are fully prepared to carry people, freight, and everyday connections without interruption again.

For us, it’s everyday work. For the ferries, it’s the pause that makes every next journey safer and more comfortable.

Earlier this season, BREYDEL, DEME Group’s DP/DT trailing suction hopper dredger, made her first-ever call at BLRT Repair Yards Klaipeda.

Since 2008, BREYDEL has been shaping coasts, deepening harbours, and supporting DEME Group’s global operations with quiet force and reliability.

Team BLRT Repair Yards Klaipeda carried out a wide range of works to support BREYDEL’s continued performance. Docking and hull cleaning were followed by renewal of jet water pipes in the central keelson box and unloading pipes from the hopper to the bow coupling. The bottom doors received a full service, with new rubber seals, doubler plates, and careful adjustment of hinges. We also repaired and realigned the self-emptying doors, adjusted chains, and replaced worn steel inside the channels.

Further tasks included tailshaft seal maintenance, rudder clearance measurements, box cooler servicing, and maintenance of the overflow valve in the hopper. The team also cleaned ventilation ducts in the accommodation area and completed general piping works throughout the vessel.

For a vessel like BREYDEL, built to move earth with accuracy and operate around the clock, every component matters. Every hour saved counts. And every docking is an investment in operational uptime.