PM, Gdansk shipyard syndic to discuss rescue plan

The Szczecin yard said Friday that its decision whether or not to build five vessels for Poland's merchant shipping company Polska Zegluga Morska using assets of the Gdansk yard-and saving up to 2,000 of 3,800 yard's jobs-depends on today's talks. "I think the plan is interesting," said Wiercinski on Friday. "I think it is a realistic project, but the difficulty lies in the details," he said, adding that he would work out a way to implement the plan by the end of April. Wiercinski also said that despite the rescue plan, he would continue to dismiss the yard's last 3,800 workers. (Nowa Europa, March 22-23, page 1, Reuters)