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| Polsteam | |
| Company type | state-owned enterprise |
| Industry | Shipping |
| Founded | 2 January 1951; 74 years ago (1951-01-02) |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Global |
Key people | Paweł Brzezicki (CEO) |
| Subsidiaries | Unity Line |
| Website | polsteam |
Polska Żegluga Morska known asPolsteam orPŻM, is acargo ship operator based inSzczecin,Poland. Polsteam is astate-owned enterprise with around 3,000 employees.
A Chinese-built ship owned by the company,MS Polesie, caused the crash into and sinking of British-flagged MS Verity on 24 October 2023 in theNorth Sea[1]
Polsteam was founded in 1951,nationalizing the assets of two Polish pre-WWII marine freight companies (Gdynia America Line andŻegluga Polska [pl]), making it the oldest Polish cargo ship operator in existence.[2]
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Initially, Polsteam's fleet comprised 11 ships of joint carrying capacity of approx 27,000 DWT.[3] Among those ships there were: four of the so-called.French ships, which weresteamers built in 1926 inFrench shipyard ofChantiers Navals Français, inBlainville:SS Wieluń,SS Kraków,SS Toruń,SS Poznań, the oldest of the acquired ships wasSS Narocz (2,520 DWT) built in 1915 inGreat Britain,SS Narew (310 DWT) a smallcoaster built in 1944 inGermany andSS Elbląg (1,699 DWT) built in 1944. Four ships of B-30 series, constructed in 1949 inGdańsk Shipyard:SS Sołdek (first ship in the post-WWII history of the Polish shipbuilding industry),SS Jedność Robotnicza,SS Pstrowski andSS Brygada Makowskiego (built in 1950).[3]
In early years of Polsteam's existence, the ship owner's vessels navigated on short and midrange sea routes (i.e. theBaltic Sea,North Sea andMediterranean Sea). During the course of the first five years, they carriedcoal,wood, andiron ore. 80-90% of shipping involvedtramping services and although the ship operator had three lines since 1951 namely:Szczecin -Stockholm, Szczecin -London -Rouen and Szczecin -Hamburg -Rotterdam -Antwerp.[3]
It operates a fleet of 75 vessels (total: 2,500,000 DWT), mostlydry bulk carriers. Polsteam's particular specialty is the transportation ofliquid sulfur.[4]
Polsteam also operates a passengerferry service betweenŚwinoujście and theSwedish ports ofYstad andTrelleborg via itssubsidiaryUnity Line.
The PZM line operates a bi-weekly service from theIJmuiden docks inAmsterdam to the North American port ofDuluth, Minnesota.[5] Five 35,600-tonners were built in Japan byMitsui over the years 1999-2000, and eight 30,000-tonners were built in China byNanting Mingde over the years 2010-12. The older "Ziemia" class vessels were withdrawn from the Great Lakes trade before 2013.[5] The dimensions are limited by the locks of theSaint Lawrence Seaway and the 40 ft draught of theGreat Lakes Waterway. The Great Lakes Fleet comprise:[5]
| image | name | year built | deadweight tonnage | length | breadth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Irma | 2000 | 35.600 | 200 metres (660 ft) | 24 metres (79 ft) |
 | Iryda | 1999 | 35.600 | 200 metres (660 ft) | 24 metres (79 ft) |
 | Isa | 1999 | 35.600 | 200 metres (660 ft) | 24 metres (79 ft) |
| Isadora | 1999 | 35.600 | 200 metres (660 ft) | 24 metres (79 ft) | |
 | Isolda | 1999 | 35.600 | 200 metres (660 ft) | 24 metres (79 ft) |
 | Drawsko | 2010 | 30.000 | 190 metres (620 ft) | 23 metres (75 ft) |
_(17098013499).jpg) | Juno | 2010 | 30.000 | 190 metres (620 ft) | 23 metres (75 ft) |
 | Lubie | 2011 | 30.000 | 190 metres (620 ft) | 23 metres (75 ft) |
 | Mamry | 2012 | 30.000 | 190 metres (620 ft) | 23 metres (75 ft) |
| Miedwe | 2010 | 30.000 | 190 metres (620 ft) | 23 metres (75 ft) | |
.jpg) | Resko | 2010 | 30.000 | 190 metres (620 ft) | 23 metres (75 ft) |
| Solina | 2011 | 30.000 | 190 metres (620 ft) | 23 metres (75 ft) | |
 | Wicko | 2010 | 30.000 | 190 metres (620 ft) | 23 metres (75 ft) |
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