Porta Holding's directors question the bankruptcy and sale of the company

Czech-based Vitkovice Shipyard, which is currently being taken over by Russia's Evraz, announced that the running of the company by the State Treasury and the receiver are unbeneficial for the company's creditors. The Czech entity claims that the sale of Allround Ship Service, currently known as the New Szczecin Shipyard (NSS) for a symbolic zł.1, was unfair to the creditors. NSS was acquired by the Industrial Development Agency (ARP). Krzysztof Piotrowski, former Porta president, revealed that by the end of 2001, that is over six months before NSS was taken over by the ARP, he received a purchase offer from Germany's Muhlhan, which offered zł.40 million for a 50% stake in the venture. The management under Piotrowski rejected the deal. The Czech company informed the receiver of its doubts in 2003, however, no action was taken. The prosecutor is currently investigating the case. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 8) A.K.