Gdansk Shipyard

By 1980, one of the world's largest shipping clusters had been created in Poland. The Gdansk shipyard named after V.I. Lenin (Stocznia) was the largest shipbuilding enterprise in Poland. The Gdansk shipyard was created on the ruins of German shipbuilding enterprises. Polish and Soviet engineers restored it practically from scratch. In subsequent years, the shipyard became the flagship of Polish shipbuilding, producing: bulk carriers, container ships, fishing trawlers, sailing ships. The Gdansk shipyard also became famous for the construction of training sailing ships, which still ply the seas. After the transition to a market economy, the Gdansk shipyard found itself in a difficult situation. Competition with Asian shipyards, outdated equipment and lack of government support led to bankruptcy in 1996.

During the socialist period, the shipyard occupied an area of ​​165 hectares and employed 29 thousand people. It was a city within a city with all the necessary industrial, social, medical and even leisure infrastructure. 30 ships were produced per year.