Polish Merchant Navy

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Polish Merchant Navy (Polish: Polska Marynarka Handlowa, PMH) is the term referring to merchant navy of Poland.

Contents 1 History 2 Numbers 3 Major companies 4 See also

[edit] History

Polish Merchant Navy was created in the interwar period when the Second Polish Republic regained independence.

During World War II many ships of the Polish Navy joined the Allied merchant navy and its convoys, as part of the Polish contribution to World War II.

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

[edit] Numbers

Total: 57 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,120,165 GRT/1,799,569 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)

Ships by type: bulk 50, cargo 2, chemical tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off 1, short-sea passenger 2 (1999 est.)

[edit] Major companies

Major Polish shipping companies include:

• Polska Żegluga Morska (Polish Steamship Company, POLSTEAM)
• Polskie Linie Oceaniczne (Polish Ocean Lines, POL)

[edit] See also

• Polish Navy