Abstract
Between 2004 and 2009, Stocznia Szczecińska Nowa Sp. z o.o. (SSN) was one of the largest state-owned Polish companies in the shipyard sector. The privatization of the shipyard was a pivotal element of the economic plans put forward by the Governments of Marek Belka, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Jarosław Kaczyński and Donald Tusk. However, this postulate was not implemented by their respective Cabinets. The difficulties in privatizing the shipyard were due to a change in the policy towards the shipbuilding industry, delays in preparing economic plans which followed from the fact that the European Commission (EC) did not accept the restructuring plans made by the companies interested in taking over the property and the assets of the shipyard, and also because the authorities responsible for finding investors were incompetent in doing so. Marek Belka’s government plan to consolidate the shipbuilding industry, aimed at selling all the property and assets of SSN within the framework of the Corporation of Polish Shipyards, was rejected by the government of Marcinkiewicz. The guidelines for privatizing the shipbuilding industry promised by the Marcinkiewicz government were never formulated or defined for the sector. The program was later accepted by the Kaczyñski Government, which despite earlier promises failed to privatize the shipyard. Donald Tusk’s Cabinet was not able to live up to the challenges connected with the shipyard industry crisis. Negotiations between the Polish Government and Amber Sp. z o.o. over the privatization plan for the shipyard failed. The shipyard’s restructuring plan produced by Mostostal Chojnice SA was not accepted by the EC. The Tusk government failed to find an investor in the public tenders announced for the property and assets of the shipyard – a Qatar company withdrew its initial proposal to buy the shipyard and there were no other investors willing to take it over. This was the main reason for the ensuing bankruptcy of the Szczecin shipyard.
Highlights
The privatization of the shipyard was a pivotal element of the economic plans put forward by the Governments of Marek Belka, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Jaros3aw Kaczyñski and Donald Tusk
This postulate was not implemented by their respective Cabinets
The difficulties in privatizing the shipyard were due to a change in the policy towards the shipbuilding industry, delays in preparing economic plans which followed from the fact that the European Commission (EC) did not accept the restructuring plans made by the companies interested in taking over the property and the assets of the shipyard, and because the authorities responsible for finding investors were incompetent in doing so
Summary
3 Ministerstwo Gospodarki, Strategia dla sektora stoczniowego (morskie stocznie produkcyjne) w Polsce w latach 2006–2010 (materia[3] przyjêty przez Radê Ministrów w dniu 31.08.2006 r.), Warszawa, sierpieñ 2006, s. Strona polska zobowi1za3a siê do przygotowania do kwietnia 2006 roku rz1dowej strategii w zakresie sektora stoczniowego, a do koñca czerwca zmodyfikowania indywidualnych programów restrukturyzacyjnych dla stoczni w Szczecinie, Gdañsku i Gdyni, przy uwzglêdnieniu ich prywatyzacji. W czerwcu 2006 roku KE zakwestionowa3a brak przygotowania strategii dla sektora stoczniowego oraz zmodyfikowanych indywidualnych programów restrukturyzacji dla stoczni, zgodnie z przyjêtym przez Polskê i UE harmonogramem prac.
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