"In another 20 years shipbuilding in Poland may not exist any more," says Krzysztof Kulczycki, one of the owners of Crist, a shipyard and builder of offshore steel structures in Gdynia, a city in the north of Poland on the Baltic Sea. Faced with competition from the Far East, many shipyards, once the pride of Gdynia and neighbouring Gdansk, are struggling. Crist is profitable, but mainly thanks to a subsidiary, Crist Offshore, which makes offshore wind turbines and oil platforms.
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