Szczecin Shipyard
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| Industry | Shipbuilding |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1948 (as Stocznia Szczecińska) |
| Headquarters | , |
| Services | Shipbuilding Ship repair |
| Website | http://stocznia-szczecinska.pl/en/ |
Szczecin Shipyard or New Szczecin Shipyard (Polish: Stocznia Szczecińska Nowa) was a
History
It was founded in the aftermath of
In the 1970s and 1980s, the shipyard was one of the most important centers of anticommunist resistance in Poland (see:
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
| № | Type | Number of projects | Number of vessels passed | DWT (in total) |
| 1 | Bulk carrier | 11 | 79 | 2181,3 |
| 2 | Cargo ship | 1 | 41 | 130,2 |
| 3 | General cargo ship | 17 | 143 | 1156,6 |
| 4 | Szkolno-towarowy | 1 | 13 | 71,6 |
| 5 | Semikontenerowiec | 4 | 25 | 382,3 |
| 6 | Container ship | 7 | 97 | 1701,8 |
| 7 | Chemical tanker | 2 | 13 | 342,5 |
| 8 | Produktowiec | 4 | 11 | 400,3 |
| 9 | Cargo-passenger | 4 | 17 | 97,1 |
| 10 | Ferry | 3 | 11 | 17,9 |
| 11 | Road ferry | 1 | 4 | 3,2 |
| 12 | Scientific research | 2 | 12 | 16.5 |
| 13 | Geophysical | 1 | 9 | 11,8 |
| 14 | Research vessel | 2 | 17 | 96,6 |
| 15 | Hospital ship | 1 | 4 | 13,6 |
| 16 | Repair ship | 4 | 40 | 185,4 |
| 17 | Powership | 1 | 4 | 24,6 |
| 18 | Anchor handling tug supply vessel | 2 | 48 | 66,3 |
| 19 | Crane vessel 40t | 1 | 4 | 1,1 |
| 20 | Container crane 300t | 1 | 1 | 1,6 |
| 21 | Rocket-artillery training ship | 1 | 3 | 21,9 |
| 22 | Landing craft | 1 | 1 | 4,5 |
| Total | 71 | 597 | 6928,8 |
References
- ^ "QInvest wants to delay Poland shipyards payment". Gulf Base. 25 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ "Shipyards in Trouble… Again". Krakow Post. 20 August 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "The Polish Economy in 2009". Krakow Post. 5 January 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "Stocznia Szczecińska". Stocznia Szczecińska. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "Szczecin Shipyard". MS Mutual Funds Society. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "Szczecin Industrial Park emerging as reborn Szczecin Shipyard". Poland at Sea. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
