In the Year 2020 Let Us Be Part of Your Success!

Customer Magazine ISSUE 4 (31) 2019

In the Year 2020 let us be part of your success!

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Customer Magazine ISSUE 4 (31) 2019

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In the Year 2020 year, the best let us be part of your success!

Remontowa Wind-assisted The white frigate revisits its past ship in the dock DryDock recapiculates how shiprepair Scandlines hybryd ferry The legendary Polish tall ship industry has changed over 40 years to be equipped with a rotor sail underwent renovation is yet to come… in magazine Page 3 Page 7 Page 15 In December 2019, for a couple world. In a series of articles they 3 Remontowa revisits of days there were as many as 25 are looking at how the shiprepair the past… ships of various types being ser- business has changed over the … in the 40th anniversary viced in the same time at Remon- last 40 years. special edition of DryDock towa SA. Among them were i.a.: Among the five chosen yards tankers, bulk carriers, chemical in the world, one of the articles 7 Wind-assisted ships carriers, fishing vessels, Ro-Ro features Remontowa Shiprepair The Scandlines’ hybrid ferries ships, reefer vessels, as well as Yard in Gdansk, which - as we ready for further service car-passenger ferries. A good can read in the editor’s comment forecast for the winter season at - „has seen probably the biggest 9 The sixth visit the shipyard! changes”. of Bretagne It’s worth emphasising, that ac- The article shows how the yard, A successful start cording to Clarksons Research from a typical in our part of Eu- of the winter ferry season World Fleet Register, as of 29th rope state-owned communist November 2019, Remonto- workplace has become a mod- 11 A special survey wa Shiprepair Yard was ranked ern, private-owned company able the 7th in the world and the 1st of Finnfellow to compete on the global market. An extended scope of works among non-Chinese shipyards in We have stressed the article in and a short deadline terms of the amount of scrubbers retrotits - historical and sched- this issue of our magazine. uled. No doubt, that we owe our devel- 12 Express repair So far, the shipyard has retrofit- opment and present market posi- of B-Gas Venus ted more than 50 ships with over tion to shipowners. We are proud Gas carriers managed 100 Exhaust Gas Cleaning Sys- to be a member of the interna- by V.Ships tems. In 2019 we have installed tional maritime community and a scrubbers on 10 ships. At the end reliable partner for the shipown- 13 The Trans Iberia of 2019 they were installed on ers worldwide. with BWT system three chemical tankers, a com- To all our esteemed Clients and We retrofit SeaTrans’ bined/ro-ro container ship and a Friends - we wish you Happy chemical tankers car-passenger ferry. Holidays, full of love, joy and In turn, in 2019 Remontowa SA peace. May the New Year bring 14 Weser Stahl has also retrofitted 21 ships with you a spark of good fortune with new thrusters Ballast Water Treatment sys- needed to complete all your en- Special surveys of self tems. deavours successfully. In the discharging bulk carriers In December 2019 the DryDock year 2020 let us be part of your Magazine, this year celebrating success! 15 The white frigate its 40 anniversary, published a went to the dock special supplement dedicated to Grzegorz Landowski The legendary Polish tall ship the shiprepair industry across the Editor-in-Chief underwent renovation

Remontowa Ship Repair News is a customer magazine of Remontowa Shiprepair Yard, member of Remontowa Holding SA Publisher: PORTALMORSKI.PL Ltd., Na Ostrowiu 1, 80-958 Gdańsk, Poland. Editor-in-Chief: Grzegorz Landowski. Phone: +48 58 307 17 90, e-mail: [email protected] The content of the magazine (with the exception of photos) may by reproduced provided the source.

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Piotr Soyka, the owner and chairman of the Remontowa Holding group in the 1990’ at the wheel of the tall ship Krusenstern repaired at that time in the yard. Photo: Archiv/Remontowa SA

At the end of the 1970s there were more In the 40th anniversary than 5000 people employed directly by special edition of DryDock… the yard. In 1986 the shipyard purchased an even larger dock with lifting capacity 33 000 tonnes. The dock (no. 6) was subsequently converted at the yard which increased its Remontowa lifting capacity to 36 000 tonnes and 135 000 dwt. It has enabled the company to drydock ships up to 297m long and 44,04m wide. In 2006 one of the docks (no. 3) was revisits the past also enlarged and is now able to accomo- date the vessels of LOA 200m and clear Remontowa Shiprepair Yard SA is among three breadth of 35m. Nowadays Remontowa shipyards chosen by DryDock to „revisit their past”, operates six floating docks. as we can learn from the front cover of the magazine. In the last couple of years the yard purchased two semi-submersible barges with DryDock, the world’s leading magazine for place to a private enterprise” illustrating lifting capacity of up to 24 000 and 25 000 ship repair, maintenance and conversion how Remontowa has developed since the tonnes for docking offshore platforms is celebrating its 40th anniversary. In the 1970s until now. and other heavy objects. Additional in- December 2019 special issue a number of … vestments in technology have increased Face the Facts’ articles from Europe, The Fourty years ago Remontowa Shiprepair technical and manufacturing capacities in- Middle East, The Americas and Africa has Yard occupied the same location in Gdan- cluding facilities required for Exhaust gas been published. The articles look at how sk. In 1979 the shipyard operated five cleaning systems (scrubbers) and BWT sys- the shiprepair industry has changed over floating docks. The largest one had lifting tems. the last 40 years. capacity 25 000 tonnes and docking ca- In the 1970s, the shipyard carried out We are presenting some excerpts from pacity 85 000 dwt. It was the biggest facil- mainly repairs of bulk carriers, oil tankers, the article: „From a communist -work ity for drydocking in Poland at that time. general cargo vessels, ro-pax ferries, scien-

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tific research vessels, fishing trawlers and as well as shuttle tankers, PSVs and AHTS he remained for 20 years, he led the yard large fish factory vessels. vessels. through a complete reorganisation and re- Today Remontowa SA can host virtually 40 years ago the shipyard as a typical structurisation to privatisation in 2001. every type of a ship or offshore structure communist workplace entirely owned by He also started to form a capital group that can enter the Baltic (through the Dan- the state wasn’t operating on the free based around the shipyard and today ish Straits). Bulkers, container ships, tank- market. The shipyard had dealt main- Remontowa is the largest of more than ers, car carriers, Con-Ro and Ro-Ro ships, ly with fleets of state-owned shipowners 20 companies comprising the Remontowa car-passenger ferries, project cargo ships, from the Eastern Bloc for almost 40 years Holding group, led by its chairman and gas carriers (both LGP or LNG) are serviced before the political transformation in Po- co-owner Piotr Soyka. here. land began. In 1989 a centrally planned In the past the shipyard dealt mainly with The yard also repairs specialized units economy collapsed and the shipyard was more simple jobs – class surveys, overhauls, and naval ships - dredgers, scientific re- on the verge of bankruptcy. drydockings on a daily basis. Having more search vessels, diving support vessels, fall- The appointment of Piotr Soyka, who than 5000 permanent employees and quite pipe vessels, cable lay vessels, offshore won a competition for the post of a new modern facilities the yard was able -to car wind support vessels. Other frequent General Director in 1989 was the catalyst ry out large steelworks for which it was well visitors are offshore units – drilling,- ex for creating the vision of what Remon- suited. However, Remontowa was quite in- traction, production, accommodation, towa is today. First as the Director, and novative and placed great emphasis on the semi-submersible, and jack-up platforms later as the Chairman of the Board where technical side of engineering. In the 1960s

Remontowa today. Photo: Marcin Koszałka

4 ISSUE 4(31) 2019 remontowa ship repair news and 1970s the yard built eight floating docks of which three ones were exported to Syr- ia, Bulgaria and Sweden, the latter being the largest in Europe at that time. We definitely carry out more complex works now. Remontowa can provide a full package for shipowners. Complex solutions start from consultancy and include a design, entire project implementation, procurement and installation in one place. Good example is scrubber retrofits. All types of the systems are sold at the shipyard, from open-loop systems to closed- loop and hybrids. Everything is done at the

Remontowa in the 1970’. Photo: Archiv/Remontowa SA

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The front cover of the DryDock 40th Anniversary Special suplement in which some leading ship repair companies worldwide revisit their past…

The pages 28 and 29 have been dedicated to the story of Remontowa…

yard, including the initial 3D laser scan- ning, design of the system, supply, assem- bly and delivery to the owner. We also specialize in ballast water treatment installations, hull shape and engine modifications, shortening and lengthening of ships. For us the future is now. In general it means „going green”. Due to 2020 Sulphur Cap and other pro-ecological legislation, Remontowa is experiencing growing de- mand and interest from shipowners to implement green solutions into their fleets to comply with the IMO, UE and US Coast Guard regulations. Environmentally friendly fuels such as LNG, methanol or even hydrogen will re- quire new more energy efficient propulsion systems to be fitted, which means completely new technical, technological and engineering challenges for the yards. Full version of the article available in the DryDock Magazine December 2019. ∙

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The Scandlines’ hybrid ferries ready for further service Wind-assisted ship The hybrid ferries Copenhagen and Berlin owned by Scandlines are among the world’s largest hybrid ferries. They are equipped with a propulsion, which combines the traditional diesel engine with battery power supply.

Both ships sail on the Rostock-Gedser The scope of works on the Copenha- route. These modern car-passenger fer- gen included: repairs of the bulbous ries can take 96 heavy goods vehicles or bow, replacement of seals in propellers, 460 passenger cars. Scandlines offers 1300 replacement of insulation in the engine seats for passengers during each cruise. room, cleaning of box coolers and tanks, In the spring of 2019, the hybrid ferry replacement of ropes on lifeboat da- Berlin underwent an intermediate survey vits. Pipeline repairs, maintenance and The hybrid ferry Copenhagen while at Remontowa Shiprepair Yard SA. Its fer- painting works, including the underwa- being undocked at Remontowa SA. ry-twin, the Copenhagen, arrived at the ter part of the hull, were also carried Photo: Marcin Koszałka shipyard soon after. out.

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In addition, the shipyard built the foun- Scandlines will reduce carbon emissions dation for a ‘Rotor Sail’ - a device that im- owing to investments in wind propulsion itates the operation of a sail. The device it- technology. This is just one of the many in- self will be installed in Q2 2020. A new mast vestments, the company makes to lower was also mounted as the stern top light emissions. must be placed in front of the rotor sail. As Scandlines points out, the route be- The rotor sail uses the Magnus effect for tween the Danish Gedser in the north and propulsion. It is a force acting on a rotating German Rostock in the south, on which body in a moving air stream, that generates a the ferry Copenhagen sails, is almost per- force perpendicular to both the direction of pendicular to the prevailing wind from the the air stream and the rotor axis. Under fa- west. This creates favourable conditions vourable wind conditions, the ship’s propul- for the use of rotor sails on the ferry cross- sion is assisted by large vertical rotors, occa- ings in this area. By installing a rotating sail sionally called rotor sails. Another name for on the ferry Copenhagen, the projected this device is Flettner rotors. It comes from reduction of CO2 emissions on the route is the German engineer Anton Flettner (1885- expected to be 4-5 percent. 1961), who built a ship using the Magnus ef- The use of wind power to support tradi- fect for propulsion. tional ship propulsion has recently gained According to Scandlines, the ferry Co- popularity among shipowners. In 2017, penhagen will be retrofitted with one the ferry Viking Grace owned by the Finn- large-sized Norsepower Rotor Sail unit ish Viking Line underwent such modern- that is 30 m in height and 5 m in diame- ization, thus becoming the world’s first ter. This solution is a modernised version hybrid ferry that uses LNG fuel and wind of the Flettner rotor. energy. What is more, in 2021 Viking Line It is the first data-verified and commer- will add to its fleet a completely new ferry cially operational auxiliary wind propulsion powered by LNG and supported by wind technology for the global maritime indus- power owing to a rotor sail. try. When wind conditions are favourable, The examples of the Viking Line fer- it enables the electric propulsion thrusters ries and the Scandlines ferry Copenhagen to be throttled back, reducing emissions show, that this solution can be implement- – while providing the power needed to ed on ships already in operation as well as maintain speed and voyage time. Because on newly built ones. This is how the ferry will look like after being it generates supplementary thrust from retrofitted with the Norsepower Rotor Sail unit. wind, the solution is compatible with all Image: courtesy of Scandlines other emissions saving technologies. ∙

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Bretagne after being undocked at Remontowa SA. Photo: Marcin Koszałka

A successful start of the winter ferry season at the shipyard The sixth visit of Bretagne Brittany Ferries, operating regular ferry connections from Great Britain to France and Spain, is one of the shipowners that has been cooperating with Remontowa Shiprepair Yard SA for the longest time. Its car-passenger ferries have been constantly calling at the shipyard for 15 years, especially in the autumn and winter season, although not only then.

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A “family” picture in front of the ferry Bretagne at Remontowa SA. Photo: Maciej Bielesz

This cooperation began in 2004. It was It was no different in 2019, when the then, that the Barfleur ferry first came Bretagne called at the shipyard in early here, followed by the Normandie. November. This time, the scope of repair Since then, the majority of Brittany Fer- works carried out on the ferry included: ries fleet namely, the Pont-Aven, Mont inspections and repairs of four main en- St Michel, Armorique, Coutances, Duc gines and two auxiliary engines, overhaul de Normandie, Bretagne, Pont L’Abbe, of bottom and outboard fittings, work on Cap Finistère, Cotentin, Etretat and Baie pipeline systems in various areas of the de Seine have been regularly called at ship, hull maintenance, tunnel thruster in- Remontowa SA. spection, works on the shaft line as well as The Bretagne ferry entered the Remon- hull works and electrical installations. towa SA shiprepair yard for the first time The next three ferries of this shipowner in 2007, then in 2009 and in 2011, 2015 are expected in the shipyard in 2020. and 2017 respectively. ∙

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seals were replaced with a new type, in- An extended scope cluding the lubrication system. of works and a short deadline Owing to the excellent planning and or- ganization of works, these tasks were carried out in a very short time and according to the schedule, which was difficult due to the accumulation of many different works A special survey in one area of the ship. The second item of the extended scope of the special survey was the repair of the damaged stern transom. Shipyard tech- of Finnfellow nologists developed documentation for this area of the Finnfellow hull on the basis of parameters of a “Clipper” class twin Ships of the Finnlines fleet regularly arrive ship, that enabled the prefabrication of at Remontowa Shiprepair Yard SA necessary components. in Gdansk for repairs and convertions. The shipyard has also completed a full range of works within the class renewal survey, including dry-docking. An overview of The largest and longest-lasting project serviced at Remontowa SA. This was not her the bottom-outboard fittings was carried implemented for this shipowner in 2017- first visit - she was here previously in 2015. out, short sections of pipelines were re- 2018 was the extension by thirty metres of This time, the Finnfellow arrived for a placed in several places, maintenance and six ro-ro ships of the “Breeze” series (Finn- special survey, extended by an additional painting works were carried out, etc. tide, Finnwave, Finnsky, Finnsun, Finn- two major and extensive items in the work The Finnfellow is a vessel which was built breeze, Finnsea). As a result of the length- schedule. in 2000 at the Navantia Puerto Real Ship- ening, the capacity of each of them has The first one concerned the ship pro- yard in Cadiz, Spain. She is 188 metres long increased by 30 per cent, and the amount pulsion system. The shipyard quickly over- and nearly 29 metres wide. She can accom- of harmful substances emitted from - ex hauled the controllable pitch propeller, in- modate 1300 passengers, 300 cars and 170 haust gases into the atmosphere is sig- cluding two hubs and elements controlling trucks; has a loading line with a length of nificantly reduced per each transported the position of the propeller blades. Two 2918 meters. Recently, she has been oper- tonne. tunnel thrusters, two steering gears, and ating connections between Sweden and Fin- Finnfellow is one of the Finnlines ro-ro/ rudder blades were also renovated. Two land (Kapellskär – Långnäs – Naantali). passenger/cargo ships that has recently been propeller shafts were removed and their ∙

The Finnfellow ferry underwent a special survey in Remontowa SA. Photo: Marcin Koszałka

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Gas carriers managed by V.Ships Express repair of B-Gas Venus Over the course of five years Remontowa Shiprepair Yard SA has serviced five gas carriers operated under the technical management of V.Ships from Monaco.

In 2018, the shipyard was visited by the gines, ventilation ducts, hose handling B-Gas Maud and B-Gas Champion. This cranes were also carried out, as well as year, three ships in total called in here: the overhaul of chain lockers. B-Gas Crusader, B-Gas Neptune (ex. the A lot of steel works were carried out on Marte) and - as the last of the five - the the ship’s deck, as well as in the ballast Venere, which left the shipyard under the and fuel tanks. Mooring and anchor wind- new name the B-Gas Venus. lasses were repaired including shaft recon- The biggest challenge during the repair ditioning. All works were completed with project of the latter gas carrier, was the hull surface treatment. tight schedule for carrying out the entire The shipyard workers replaced one of range of complex works, just 9 running the main engine ME turbo chargers with a days. new one. The damaged turbine previously The shipyard made, e.g. overhaul of the disassembled was repaired. B-Gas Venus (in the foreground) tunnel and azimuth thrusters. The pro- during dry-docking at Remontowa SA. peller blades of the latter ones required Photo: Marcin Koszałka reconditioning. Overhaul of auxiliary en- ∙

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Trans Iberia moored at the shipyard quayside after completion of the repair project. Photo: Marcin Koszałka

room presented a serious technical chal- We retrofit SeaTrans’ chemical tankers lenge. Therefore, some pre-existing pipes with smaller diameters than those of the ballast water system were dismantled or converted. These were mainly pipes for air systems, filter venting, and sea water heat- The Trans Iberia ing. This allowed for installation of new large diameter pipelines. The next stage was the reconstruction with Ballast Water of the previously dismantled pipe systems and a small change in the arrangement of the room itself, necessary to fit all devic- Treatment system es in it. Apart from the installation of the BWT The Trans Chemica and Trans Emerald, owned by system, the shipyard also carried out oth- the SeaTrans company came to Remontowa Shiprepair er works on the ship, including the repair Yard SA in 2018. A year later, in 2019, yet another vessel, of the main engine as well as the replace- Trans Iberia, visited the shipyard to be equipped with the Alfa ment of a set of blades in the turbine. The Laval ballast water treatment (BWT) system (Pure Ballast3) electric engine of the tunnel thruster and air coolers were also overhauled. When installing a BWT system on a ship, In addition to the central unit of the When the ship was dry-docked, seals on shipyard workers first prepare a place on BWTS, the Trans Iberia system consists of all blades of the controllable pitch propel- the vessel for devices that will be the heart a new backflash pump designed to flush it ler were replaced. The scope of renovation of the entire system, such as a filter, locat- and the pipes connecting the entire sys- also included steel works on board and in ed on the penultimate level of the pump tem routed along with the valves. ballast tanks, maintenance and painting of room, and an electric cell. On the Trans A large scope of works involved the as- windows in the superstructure, replace- Iberia chemical tanker, this required an sembly of electrical installations and auto- ment of stiffeners on board, and the repair adaptation of a part of the pump room, mation. The new BWTS was connected to of both anchor chains and anchors them- i.e. removing some elements and burn- the existing ballast system of the ship, in- selves. ing a special hole in the plating in order cluding the ballast pumps operating in it. to transport devices and system compo- The installation of all devices, especial- nents. ly, sections of pipelines in a small pump ∙

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It’s worth mentioning, that it hasn’t Special surveys of been the first visit of self discharging ships self discharging bulk carriers at Remontowa SA neither in this year nor in the last. In spring 2019 the Bontrup Amsterdam operated by SMT Shipping called at the yard for dry-docking. A new stern thruster was installed on the ship. During the first docking, the thruster together with its Weser Stahl tunnel had been transported by use of the shipyard’s REM-220 sheerleg and fitted. In order to continue fitting this device with new thrusters into the hull after undocking of the Bon- trup Amsterdam, a special steel structure/ In the beginning of December 2019, the self caisson had been built and fitted to the discharging bulk carrier Weser Stahl departed hull. As the afloat installation had been from Remontowa Shiprepair Yard SA after completed, the ship was docked again and completion of its special survey. the caissons were removed. Those operations allowed us to optimize docking time. Apart from the main task, among other The ship operated by Bernhard Schulte overhaul, grit-blasting and painting of the works related to the ship’s stay at Remon- Shipmanagement has undergone its class hull, overhaul and rewinding of a couple of towa, the hull treatment, cargo hold main- renewal at Remontowa SA for the third electric motors, the plate cooler and water- tenance and overboard valves overhaul time. We has recently hosted the Weser tight doors in the tunnel overhauls. were carried out. Stahl in 2009 and 2014. In the ballast tanks and cargo holds a In 2018 Remontowa SA also serviced This time the most important items in the large scope of steel works has been car- the Yeoman Bridge and Yeoman Bontrup scope of works were: replacement of two az- ried out. When the ship was dry-docked self discharging bulk carriers. imuth thrusters with new ones, replacement the bottom and outboard fittings were of a conveyor transfer gear, a Vulkan clutch overhauled and renewed. ∙

The Weser Stahl (in the dock at Remontowa SA in the foreground). Photo: Marcin Koszałka

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This legendary tall ship is visited by over 100 thousand tourists every year!

The white frigate went to the dock

Dar Pomorza in the dock no. 4 at Remontowa SA. Photo: Sławomir Lewandowski

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One of the biggest The tender for the renovation was an- abling the tall ship to operate as a muse- tourist attractions of nounced in August 2019 by the Nation- um in the subsequent years. the TriCity (a metropolitan al Maritime Museum in Gdansk, which The shipyard has been cooperating with area consisting of three has owned the ship since 1982. The deck the National Maritime Museum in Gdan- of this legendary vessel is visited by over sk for many years. In 1981, the shipyard cities in Pomerania – 100 thousand people every year. They can adapted the ore-coal freighter Sołdek, Gdansk, Gdynia and Sopot), learn about the colourful history of the the first seagoing ship built in Poland af- the Dar Pomorza ship, has ship, its equipment and compartments. ter World War II, for museum purposes – undergone renovation For example, one of the cabins pres- it has been moored in Gdansk for over 30 which will allow her to ents souvenirs from the home of Kar- years now and still serves residents and function as a ship-museum ol Borchardt, a Polish writer and seaman tourists visiting the city. for years to come. who in 1938-39 served as a senior officer As part of the renovation of the Dar on the Dar Pomorza. One of his most pop- Pomorza, the shipyard’s most important ular books is “Znaczy Kapitan”, a collection tasks included: hull cleaning and painting, of vivid stories featuring Captain Mamert inspection of the underwater part, inspec- Stankiewicz. tion of rivets on the hull, measurements In Remontowa Shiprepair Yard SA the of structural sheets and, if necessary, their Dar Pomorza underwent a survey, en- replacement, propeller inspection, inspec-

The entire hull of the tall ship has been inspected, cleaned and painted. Photo: Sławomir Lewandowski

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Rivets on the hull have been thoroughly inspected. Photo: Sławomir Lewandowski

The cradle of Polish navigators

Dar Pomorza (eng.: Gift of Pomerania), decks. On 4 August 1982 the tall ship was was given to National Maritime Museum also called the White Frigate was built formally removed from school operations, in Gdansk. Since then the White Frigate, in 1909 in the Blohm & Voss shipyard in and at the same time a flag was raised on the symbol of dreams about sea adven- Hamburg as a training ship for the Ger- her successor Dar Młodzieży (the Gift of tures to every Pole, has been moored at man merchant maritime school. After her the Youth), designed and built in Gdansk. the quayside in Gdynia serving as a muse- launch on 18 September 1909 the ship was On 16 November 1982 the Dar Pomorza um ship (in the picture). named Prinzess Eitel Friedrich. When Ger- many lost the First World War the ship was taken over by the French, who brought her Photo: courtesy of the to the port in Saint Nazaire. In 1926 she National Maritime Museum was renamed Colbert. In 1929 the ship was bought from the funds raised at the public collection by the Pomeranian National Fleet Commit- tee for the amount of 7000 pounds ster- ling. It was to replace the worn school barge Lwów. Then the frigate was renamed Dar Pomorza to commemorate the generosity of the local community. The frigate was given to the State Maritime School in Gdynia and became the second (after the Lwów) cradle of Polish navigators. Within her 51 years in the school Dar Pomorza took 102 school cruises, covering half a million sea miles. 13 384 students of the Maritime School were trained on her

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tion and maintenance of rigging, mast re- tion and maintenance of the bottom. The pair, maintenance of lifeboats, as well as ship, as it turned out after the underwater renovation of the fire protection system survey of the hull, was in a good techni- and monitoring system. cal condition. She was cleaned off of algae This is not the first visit of the Dar Po- and crustaceans and painted. The muse- morza to Remontowa SA shipyard. In um ship also appeared in Remontowa SA 2003, after almost 30 years, the white frig- in 2008. ate was towed here for technical inspec- ∙

Captain Mamert Stankiewicz

of the Second Polish Navy, commander of the Lwów tall ship and the trans- atlantic liners such as Pułaski, Polonia and Piłsudski. The last ship, incorporat- ed into the British Navy and converted into the ship transporting British and Polish soldiers was set off a mine in 1939. Her captain died in the North Sea saving the crew. After inspecting the entire sinking ship that there were no sailors and soldiers left behind and after rescuing sailors and soldiers from the ice-cold Northern Atlantic, he died of exhaustion. He was buried at West View Cemetery at West View Road in Hartlepool near Middlesbrough, on the east coast of England. Photo: Wikipedia His life was immortalized by Karol Ol- gierd Borchardt, whose series of books The renovated and newly painted Born in 1889, famous pre-war captain on Stankiewicz became a best-seller Dar Pomorza departing from Remontowa SA. of the Great Polish Navy, commander among Polish maritime books. Photo: Marcin Koszałka

18 ISSUE 4(31) 2019 Board Chief Executive Officer Chief Commercial Officer Chief Commercial Officer Chief Production Officer Michał Habina Marcin Seroka Marek Sokołowski Sławomir Ostrowski

Commercial Offices SCANDINAVIA, SINGAPORE GERMANY POLAND Denmark, Finland, Manager: Karol Buczkowski CZECH REPUBLIC Norway, Sweden, phone: (+48 58) 307 23 66 SLOVAKIA Singapore mobile: (+48) 503 681 887 Manager: Piotr Radtke Director: Marcin Mądrala e-mail: phone: (+48 58) 307 16 23 phone: (+48 58) 307 23 01 [email protected] fax: (+48 58) 307 19 10 fax: (+48 58) 307 19 10 mobile: (+48) 515 170 837 mobile: (+48) 515 178 047 WESTERN EUROPE e-mail: e-mail: France, the Netherlands, [email protected] [email protected] Belgium, Switzerland, Luxemburg Director: Piotr Kubicz EASTERN EUROPE SHIP CONVERSIONS phone: (+48 58) 307 19 64 Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia Director: Krzysztof Mądrala fax: (+48 58) 307 19 10 Manager: Jacek Połom phone: (48 58) 307 25 46 mobile: (+48) 603 069 802 phone: (48 58) 307 12 53 mobile: (+48) 502 160 176 e-mail: mobile: (+48) 502 160 175 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] ITALY, CROATIA, MONACO OFFSHORE CONVERSIONS Manager: Kamil Tamborowski NAVY UNITS Manager: Dariusz Wakuluk phone: (+48 58) 307 17 69 STEEL STRUCTURES phone: (48 58) 307 26 20 mobile: (+48) 511 859 197 Manager: Arkadiusz Kieda mobile: (+48) 513 136 521 e-mail: phone: (48 58) 307 14 26 e-mail: [email protected] fax: (48 58) 307 11 39 [email protected] mobile: (+48) 509 905 429 GREECE, CYPRUS, TURKEY e-mail: UNITED KINGDOM, IRISH REPUBLIC, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, [email protected] FAR EAST, UNITED STATES, Portugal, Spain, Montenegro, CANADA, SOUTH AMERICA Algeria, Marocco Director: Dawid Piaskowski Manager: Aleksander Walewski phone: (+48 58) 307 24 32 phone: (+48 58) 307 26 85 fax: (+48 58) 301 12 81 fax: (+48 58) 301 12 81 mobile: (+48) 515 087 260 mobile: (+48) 508 394 732 e-mail: e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] www.remontowa.com.pl