Karstensen Shipyard Poland moves to Gdansk

Karstensen Shipyard Poland (a subsidiary of Karstensens Skibsværft A/S of Skagen) was established in July 2018, in Gdynia. Previously, for years, Karstensens had based much of its production on partially equipped hulls, the construction of which had been outsourced to Polish shipyards, most recently, mainly to the Gdansk-based Newbuilding Facility of the Nauta Repair Yard.

Since its inception, Karstensen Shipyard Poland has carried out production in Gdynia on leased facilities (of the Vistal group in restructuring), but with the purchase of a new shipyard site (the former site of the Zakład Nowych Budów Remontowej Stoczni Nauta in Gdańsk), it has secured the basis for continuing to build hulls in Poland on a site that is well suited for this purpose. Crist shipyard still has a contract for its lease until the end of this year.

The site is more than three times the size of the shipbuilding facilities in Gdynia used today by Karstensen Shipyard Poland. The 10.4-hectare production area in Gdansk contains two construction buildings, a shipbuilding hall, two production areas, an office and staff building and KONE cranes, which are characteristic of the Gdansk landscape.

The shipbuilding hall is 200 m long and 50 m wide. The production area, ten thousand square metres in size, is equipped with seven KONE cranes with lifting capacities of 10 and 20 T respectively. The site also includes a 5830sq m office and staff building with canteen and changing rooms. The production area includes an additional 250 metres of quay.

As we read on the Karstensens Skibsværft A/S website, Karstensen Shipyard Poland will continue to operate in Gdynia until July 2023 but will start moving to the new location now. The portal trojmiasto.pl reports that a few days ago, a vessel under construction in Gdynia was towed to Gdansk, and its outfitting and completion will already take place at the new location.

The Polish company of the Danish shipyard Karstensens Skibsværft A/S currently employs 500 people in production and has six hulls under construction.