PŻM order helps keep New Szczecin Shipyard afloat

SSN will build a new ferry for PŻM, the cost of which has not been specified yet. The official contract will be signed in November. The vessel should be ready in 2010, when the "Polonia" ferry will be 15 years old, and the recently bought "Gryf" will  be 19. The new ferry, which will be 210 meters long, will sail between Sweden and Poland. It will accommodate about 200 trucks and 300 passengers. The ferry, which will contribute to the further development of the Scandinavian connection, will not be the only reinforcement of PŻM - the ship owner is still looking for a second-hand vessel. SSN built 9 vessels in 2005, worth about $412 million. It is in third place in Europe, with a 0.8% market share. (Puls Biznesu, Transport i Logistyka, p. II) J.L.