Szczecin_Shipyard

Szczecin Shipyard

Szczecin Shipyard

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Szczecin Shipyard or New Szczecin Shipyard (Polish: Stocznia Szczecińska Nowa) was a shipyard in the city of Szczecin, Poland. Formerly known as Stocznia Szczecińska Porta Holding S.A. (until 2002) or Stocznia im. Adolfa Warskiego. The shipyard specialized in the construction of container ships, Chemical tankers, multi-purpose vessels and ConRo ships. It employed about 4400 people, and the executive director was Andrzej Markowski. It was ISO 9001:2000 certified.

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Szczecin Shipyard in Szczecin, Poland

History

It was founded in the aftermath of World War II, when the German port of Stettin was taken over by Poland and renamed Szczecin. The state-owned shipyard then inherited the assets of the former German shipbuilding giant AG Vulcan Stettin.

In the 1970s and 1980s, the shipyard was one of the most important centers of anticommunist resistance in Poland (see: Polish 1970 protests, Solidarity).

It was the 5th biggest shipyard in Europe and the 40th in the world.[citation needed]

In 2009, the Polish government contracted the sale of Szczecin Shipyard and Gdynia shipyards to QInvest of Qatar.[1] However, by September the deal fell apart, and the government started looking for new investors.[2][3]

Szczecin Industrial Park

Since 2009, Szczecin Industrial Park (Stocznia Szczecińska) has been created[when?] on the site of the former Szczecin Shipyard in the north-east of Szczecin.[4] The 45-hectare site, about two kilometres from the city centre is well equipped shipbuilding and ship repair, with 3 slipways (Wulkan Nowy, Odra Nowa and Wulkan Stary), 750 m of quays, 80 000 sqm of prefabrication yards and over 10 ha of warehouses.[5] The assets are owned by MARS Closed Investment Fund.[6]

The type and number of units produced until 1998

Ships built until 1998
№ Type Number of projects Number of vessels passed DWT (in total)
1Bulk carrier11792181,3
2Cargo ship141130,2
3General cargo ship171431156,6
4Szkolno-towarowy11371,6
5Semikontenerowiec425382,3
6Container ship7971701,8
7Chemical tanker213342,5
8Produktowiec411400,3
9Cargo-passenger41797,1
10Ferry31117,9
11Road ferry143,2
12Scientific research21216.5
13Geophysical1911,8
14Research vessel21796,6
15Hospital ship1413,6
16Repair ship440185,4
17Powership1424,6
18Anchor handling tug supply vessel24866,3
19Crane vessel 40t141,1
20Container crane 300t111,6
21Rocket-artillery training ship1321,9
22Landing craft114,5
Total715976928,8

References

  1. [1]
    "QInvest wants to delay Poland shipyards payment". Gulf Base. 25 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
  2. [2]
    "Shipyards in Trouble… Again". Krakow Post. 20 August 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  3. [3]
    "The Polish Economy in 2009". Krakow Post. 5 January 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Stocznia Szczecińska". Stocznia Szczecińska. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Szczecin Shipyard". MS Mutual Funds Society. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Szczecin Industrial Park emerging as reborn Szczecin Shipyard". Poland at Sea. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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