General Information

The past and the present:

Jūras projekts is a company developing the design of hydraulic engineering facilities, engineering networks, waterways, reinforcement of the port structures as well as industrial, public and transport facilities.

For over 40 years of its operation, Jūras projekts has been participating in the designing of significant projects in the ports of the Baltic Sea, the White Sea and the Barents Sea.

The following large projects are among them:

• container terminal of Riga Commercial port;
• potassium salt transshipping complex in Ventspils free port;
• hydraulic engineering facilities for the largest part of Kaliningrad sea port channel;
• City embankments in Riga, Ventspils, Liepaja;
• Ferry docks and embankment in Tallinn.

In the previous 15 years, the company has been mainly engaged in the development of projects implemented in the Republic of Latvia.
Above-mentioned projects included the following:

• In the Port of Riga – reconstruction of the Eastern and Western jetties, the pier of the Passenger port, berths of the timber terminal (including deep-water berths, tanker berths, the pier for the international regatta Cutty Sark);
• In the Port of Liepāja – reconstruction of the Liepāja port entrance channel, reconstruction of the cargo terminals in the city channel, in the Winter port, in the Free Port and in the Military Port channel;
• In the Port of Ventspils – Grain terminal, Juice terminal, Coal terminal wharfs and other wharfs;
• Hydraulic engineering facilities in the small ports of Latvia –Pāvilosta port, Roja port, Mērsrags port, Skulte port.

Jūras projekts has also been engaged in various projects in other sectors of economy, such as:

• design of the underground facilities for the high-rise residential buildings on the right and left banks of Daugava in Riga;
• participation in the design of sports buildings, including that for the multifunctional sport arena, where the 2006 World Ice Hockey Championship took place;
• design of industrial facilities in the Riga region and in Liepaja, including one under orders from JSC Liepājas metalurgs.

Our company has a certain experience in bridge designing Jūras projekts has been taking part in bridge upgrading and construction.

Jūras projekts employs both experienced specialists with many years practical of experience as well as young engineers having Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. We have all required technical equipment including software and broad archive, where information on various Latvian and foreign ports is summarized, and we also hold a complete data base of EU construction regulations and standards.