The Western Shipyard was established in 1969 and privatized by the Estonian Concern BLRT Grupp in 2001. In 2003, it was reorganized into the Western Shipyard Group and consists of 18 companies. The group‘s main activity fields are – ship repair and conversion, ship building, stevedoring and storage services, metal construction production, metal processing, hot galvanization, technical supply, transport services, procurement, etc. The company has some prime advantages when competing with global ship repair; it‘s geographical position and high quality of work. Outside the company‘s strategic activity – ship building and repair, company production areas and facilities allow the production of bulky overall dimension and high complexity metal constructions, sandblasting, prime and cut steel sheets and profiles, render reloading services, transport cargo by local and international routes. After the privatization, the company preserved it‘s activity profile and has became competitive within the European market, proving it‘s ability to render services by customer requirements. Both a markedly growth in income and the number of ships for repair and construction from European countries support the company‘s ability to work within new situations. The Western Shipyard Group has a real advantage as it works in close co-operation with widely known marine companies such as Wartsila, Premator, Fiskerstrand and MacGregor. The company‘s quality management system is sustained by the intermediate audit attested conformity to the reqirements of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 1800 standards. The Western Shipyard Group constantly invests in the implementation of renovation and modernization in their up-to-date facilities. In 2010, the Company Group invested 6,799 Euro and in 2011 – 4, 812 Euro. Investments in production have improved due to under way work quality and a decreased time of execution, thus leading to more ships repaired and the company successfully pursuing further ship construction activity . Due to investments and innovations, the Company Group has become more attractive to many ship owners. While further investment has strengthened the company‘s position through ship repair, conversion and new building markets, it has also created better conditions for further development of the company and has helped the company realize it‘s main goal – to produce products to it‘s very best in order to satisfy the requirments of the customers. Services of the Western Shipyard Group include: Administration of companies Repair and conversion of ships Shipbuilding and upgrade Production of metal constructions Loading works Ship agents’ service Technical service Metal-processing Engineering design International cargo transportation and forwarding Laboratory analysis Services of energetic Domestic services Financial and book-keeping accounting Cleaning and painting of metal surfaces Measurement of thickness using ultrasound equipment Repair of ship hold hatches Marine service in ship repairmore

Port of Gdynia Authority SA (PGA SA) is a public service company established on 30 November 1999 by the representatives of the Municipality of Gdynia and the State Treasury and has been serving as a managing body of the port since that moment. It directly manages the areas where the operating companies in which a PGA SA holds shares and other independent entities carry out handling and storage operations. The company carries out the objectives set out in the Act on ports and harbours, such as, inter alia, management of the property and port infrastructure, forecasting and planning the port development and the maintenance and expansion of the port infrastructure, while ensuring adequate standards of safety of persons and cargo handling as well as keeping the environmental standards. Carrying out the privatization processes under the Act on ports and harbours the PGA SA sells shares of the subsidiaries (while keeping the property used by the companies) in order to completely separate the spheres of management and operation, as well as for the increase of the capital strength and the competitiveness of the port operating sector. The aim of these actions is to maintain a stable and strong position of the Port of Gdynia in the Baltic region and within the European North-South transport corridor.more