Szczecin Shipyard

Szczecin Shipyard or New Szczecin Shipyard (Polish: Stocznia Szczecińska Nowa) is a shipyard in northwestern city of Szczecin, Poland. Formerly known as Stocznia Szczecińska Porta Holding S.A. (until 2002) or Stocznia im. Adolfa Warskiego. The shipyard specialized in the construction of container ships, chemicals transport ships, multi-purpose ships and Con-Ro ships. It employs about 4400 people, and the executive director is Andrzej Markowski. I... more

Szczecin Shipyard or New Szczecin Shipyard (Polish: Stocznia Szczecińska Nowa) is a shipyard in northwestern city of Szczecin, Poland. Formerly known as Stocznia Szczecińska Porta Holding S.A. (until 2002) or Stocznia im. Adolfa Warskiego. The shipyard specialized in the construction of container ships, chemicals transport ships, multi-purpose ships and Con-Ro ships. It employs about 4400 people, and the executive director is Andrzej Markowski. It has the ISO 9001:2000 certificate. In the 1970s and 1980s, the shipyard was one of the most important centers of anticommunist resistance in Poland (see: Polish 1970 protests, Solidarity). It's the 5th biggest Shipyard in Europe, and the 40th in the world. less