Polferries

Polferries
Founded 1976
Headquarters Kołobrzeg, Poland
Area served
 Poland, Sweden, Denmark
Services Passenger transportation, Freight transportation
Website www.polferries.pl

Polferries is the largest Polish ferry operator. The Polish Baltic Shipping Company 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

Current fleet

  • Baltivia - Świnoujście - Ystad
  • Wawel - Gdańsk - Nynashamn
  • Mazovia - Ystad-Świnoujście
  • Cracovia - formerly Drujba, bought in March 2017, on route Świnoujście - Ystad from September 2017
  • Nova Star - chartered in 2018, on route Gdansk - Nynäshamn from March 2018

Future Fleet and Future Arrangements

2 ferries ordered in Szczecin Shipyard

Former fleet

  • HSC Boomerang (built in Australia, 1997) — 1997–2001 — now HSC Tallink AutoExpress 2 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 MF 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 MF Sveti Stefan II with Montenegro Lines - scrapped.
  • MF Parsęta — 1991–1997 — scrapped.
  • MF Silesia (built in Poland, 1979) — 1979–2005 — now MF 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 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.
  • Polferries official website
  • "Polferries at Fakta om Fartyg" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2012-05-26.
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