Polferries
Foundation31 January 1976
FounderMinister of Foreign Trade and Maritime Economy
LocationKołobrzeg, Poland
Area servedPoland, Sweden, Denmark
ServicesPassenger transportation, Freight transportation
Homepagewww.polferries.pl

Polferries is the largest Polish ferry operator. The Polish Baltic Shipping Company (Polska Żegluga Bałtycka - PŻB) was established on 31 January 1976 as a state-owned shipping company. Under the operating name Polferries, the company runs ferry routes across the Baltic Sea between Poland and Scandinavia.

In 1996 Polferries approved quality assurance system the International Safety Management Code (ISM). In May 1997 the company was recognised as meeting the requirements of the Quality Management Certificate ISO 9002. It became legally recognised as a corporate body in 1992.

Until 2001, Polferries had owned two ferry terminals in Poland, the Ferry Terminal in Gdańsk and the Ferry Terminal in Świnoujście. Today, the company runs the Ferry Terminal in Gdańsk.

Fleet

ShipBuiltIn service fromGross TonagePassengersLoad LineKnotsRouteFlag and home port
202427 July 202441.878 GT976

Ro-Ro line 2875 m

Personal cars line 967 m

23.80Świnoujście- YstadLimassol, Cyprus
201114 September 201827.744 GT827

Ro-Ro line

1575 m

Personal cars line 1215 m

21.00Gdańsk- NynäshamnNassau, Bahamas
200212 September 201725.028 GT6532196 m22.00Chartered to Nouris El Bahar Ferries (With polish bridge and engine room crew)Nassau, Bahamas
199615 June 201529.940 GT10002620 m21.00Świnoujście- YstadNassau, Bahamas
198015 February 2005

25.318

GT

10001490 m18.00

2005-2015

Świnoujście-

Ystad

2015-present Gdańsk-Nynäshamn

Nassau, Bahamas

Future Fleet and Future Arrangements

1 ferry ordered in Gdańsk Remontowa Shipyard

Former fleet

  • MV Baltivia (built in Sweden, 1981) - 2007-2024 - sold to Georgian operator.
  • HSC Boomerang (built in Australia, 1997) — 1997–2001 — now Tallink AutoExpress Two with Conferry.
  • MF Drottningen (built in Sweden in 1968) — 1975–1976 — scrapped in China in 2005.
  • MF Gute (built in Sweden, 1979) — 2000 — laid up.
  • MF Kahleberg (built in Germany, 1983) — 2003–2004 — now RG 1 with RG Line – scrapped.
  • MF Lancut (built in Germany, 1967) — 1985–1994 — scrapped in India in 2003.
  • MF Nieborow (built in Germany, 1973) — 1988–2002 — now Sveti Stefan II with Montenegro Lines – scrapped.
  • MF Parsęta (built in Germany, 1970) — 1991–1997 — scrapped.
  • MF Silesia (built in Poland, 1979) — 1979–2005 — now Galaxy with European Seaways.
  • MF Wawel (built in Germany, 1965) — 1973–1988 — scrapped in Turkey in 2004.
  • MS Pomerania (built in Poland, 1978) — 1978–2010 — later MS Dalmatia with Blue Line International — scrapped in India in 2014.[1]
  • MS Rogalin (built in France, 1972) — 1978–1987, 1989–1991, 1992–2003 — scrapped in India in 2004.

References

  1. ^ "Prom Pomerania poszedł na żyletki" (in Polish). GospodarkaMorska.pl. Retrieved 25 October 2016.