Polskie Promy, a Polish ferry company, will be tasked with implementing a project for the construction of new Polish ferries. Three ro-pax units (fourth ferry optional) with a length of more than 200 m and a load line length of approximately 4 thousand m will be built. In March this year, Polska Żegluga Morska bought the company from Polska Żegluga Bałtycka to finalize the project that has been spoken about since 2004, and very loudly since 2017.
The construction of new, large ferries fueled with LNG is one of the elements of a joint Polish-Swedish project supported by the European Union. As part of this project, Ystad rebuild its quays, adapting them to larger vessels, and deepened the port basin and the fairway. The Polish side was to provide ferries and provide LNG bunkering. The Swedish party have already completed their task, but unfortunately, Poland has failed to execute its share of the operation, which raised the concern of project partners. As a result, the construction of ferries has become increasingly urgent. Therefore, PŻM decided to undertake this project.
Although Andrzej Wróblewski, the CEO of the Szczecin shipowner, stresses that Polskie Promy has cooperated with PŻM, Unity Line, Żegluga Polska and PŻB since the very beginning, i.e. since February 2020, so it was a joint venture of all these companies.
This cooperation resulted in a request to the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection, submitted at the end of this year, to give its consent to the creation of a common investment platform for the construction of ferries. The demand for tonnage of both capital groups, the amount of own financial contribution and the possibility of financing the remaining part of the project in cooperation with investment and commercial banks were therefore agreed on.
- We have also created a business plan which indicated that, in order not to disperse risks, the best solution will be if one capital group owned by the State Treasury (and PŻM is a state-owned enterprise, i.e. an emanation of the State Treasury) bought Polskie Promy and, through it, continued organizational, contractual and financial activities. And that is exactly what happened” - explains A. Wróblewski.
The analysis of turnover at the ferry terminal in Świnoujście also resulted in the decision to build three vessels, with an option to order a fourth one. If we take into account the forecasts of growth in turnover on the ferry market between Poland and Sweden, or plans to replace older ferries, then it will be necessary to order another unit. According to the CEO of PŻM, this will become clear when works on the first or second ferry are underway.
Of course, all new ro-pax units are to be built in Polish shipyards, which are interested in their construction and have the necessary qualifications.
"We can see the potential of the shipbuilding plants in Tricity or Szczecin, and we know which capital groups, whether private- or state-owned organizations, can implement such projects," says A. Wróblewski.
The first ferry would be commissioned before the end of 2024 and serve on the Świnoujście-Ystad line as a PŻB unit, which would fulfill Polish obligations towards the Ystad Port.
Issues related to the Polish shipbuilding industry and the capacity to fulfill orders for domestic shipowners will be one of the leading topics of Maritime Economy Forum Gdynia, whose 20th anniversary edition will take place on October 8, 2021.
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