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The Polish Merchant Navy (Polish: Polska Marynarka Handlowa, PMH) 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 the war, the Polish Merchant Navy was controlled by the People's Republic of Poland and after 1989, by modern Poland.
Numbers
The Polish Merchant Navy had 57 ships that were bigger than 1,000 GT. These ships had a total size of 1,120,165 GT and 1,799,569 tonnes DWT.
The ships were mostly bulk carriers, with a few cargo ships, chemical tankers, roll-on/roll-off ships, and short-sea passenger ships.
Major companies
Some of the biggest shipping companies in Poland are Polska Żegluga Morska, also called POLSTEAM, and Polskie Linie Oceaniczne, known as POL. These companies help move goods across the oceans.
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