The Sea Festival has begun
Seafarers who have not returned from the sea are remembered at the Albatross monument. The most meritorious representatives of the maritime and port community were...
A postage stamp with a nautical theme is issued
On 22 July, Lithuanian Post issued a stamp designed by Natalia Vaišnorienė for the navy ship “Sūduvis”. The stamp has a denomination of 0,65 EUR,...
The Shipping market faces a severe shortage of stewards: Klaipeda is gonna start over their training
The Paul Lindenau Training Centre in Klaipėda will start training stewards for passenger service this autumn. According to representatives of shipping companies, there is currently...
A representative of the shipping business became Honorary Consul of Spain in Klaipeda
Vytautas Lygnugaris, Head of Limarko Shipping and Logistics Group, Chairman of the Board of the Lithuanian Shipowners’ Association, was appointed Honorary Consul of Spain in...
White Flags ratings for the fourth year
Traditionally, the White, Grey, and Black Lists of the Flag States approved by the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (the Paris Memorandum) are published in June...
FSRU “Independence” chooses the Lithuanian flag
The Government today approved a decision to register a liquefied natural gas terminal ship-storage facility“Independence” in the Register of Seagoing Ships of the Republic of...
Shipowners´Associations stand behind the EU sanction package
We, as shipping associations, condemn in the strongest terms Russia’s ongoing war and invasion of the sovereign state of Ukraine. The appalling decision by the...
The 5th package of EU sanctions against Russia has been enforced.
As announced, the amended regulation includes the following elements: Ban Russian vessels from entering EU ports. The text introduces a ban from accessing EU ports...
New board elected
At the Members’ Meeting held on 2 March 2022, the members of the Lithuanian Shipowners Board were elected for a new two-year period. They are...
The largest DFDS passenger-freight ferry is starting to sail between Lithuania and Sweden
In 2018, DFDS signed a contract with Guangzhou Shipyard International for the delivery of two ro-pax ships for the Baltic Sea route network. Now four...