In Brief: Pekao; Truck sales; Lotos Ekoenergia; Lukoil; Lucent Technologies

Bank Pekao S.A. sold two out of the four ships it owns from the Szczecin Shipyard's bankruptcy. The price of the transaction was not revealed, but Pekao earlier said that it had lent the yard zl. 498 million. The bank declared the collapse of the enterprise could hurt its bottom earnings line by zl. 150 million, but it did not change its full year net profit forecast of zl. 1.4 billion. (Reuters) ... The first half of 2002 witnessed an almost 19% fall in the sales of delivery trucks compared to the same period last year. The best results were recorded by Volkswagen and Mercedes, which together have over 28% the market. (Puls Biznesu, p. 4) ... Yesterday Rafineria Gdanska registered a new company, Lotos Ekoenergia, which will design and build a heavy crude oil waste processing plant. The new company will have an investment budget approaching zl. 3.6 billion. (Puls Biznesu, p. 4) ... Rotch Energy and Lukoil have finally agreed upon the terms of a joint purchase of a 75% stake in Rafineria Gdanska. Today an official statement will be presented to Nafta Polska that is privatizing the refinery. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B5) ... Lucent Technologies has signed a contract with TPSA to install DSL broadband systems worth zl. 44 million. (Puls Biznesu, p. 5). A.D.