The Polish Merchant Navy ( pl, Polska Marynarka Handlowa, ''PMH'') was created in the

interwar In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days), the end of the First World War to the beginning of the Second World War. The interwar period was relativel ...

period when the Second Polish Republic regained independence. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, many ships of the Polish Navy joined the Allied merchant navy and its convoys, as part of the

Polish contribution to World War II In World War Two, the Polish armed forces were the fourth largest Allied forces in Europe, after those of the Soviet Union, United States, and Britain. Poles made substantial contributions to the Allied effort throughout the war, fighting on lan ...

. After the war, the Polish Merchant Navy was controlled by the People's Republic of Poland and after 1989, by modern Poland.

Numbers

Total: 57 ships (1,000 GT or over) totaling 1,120,165 GT/ Ships by type: bulk 50, cargo 2, chemical tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off 1, short-sea passenger 2 (1999 est.)

Major companies

Major Polish shipping companies include: *

Polska Żegluga Morska Polska Żegluga Morska known as Polsteam or PŻM, is a cargo ship operator based in Szczecin, Poland. Polsteam is a state-owned enterprise with around 3,000 employees. Company history Polsteam was founded in 1951, nationalizing the assets of two ...

(Polish Steamship Company, POLSTEAM) * Polskie Linie Oceaniczne (Polish Ocean Lines, POL)

References

Merchant navies by country Water transport in Poland {{Poland-stub

Numbers

Major companies

See also

References