JFD Global, part of marine services provider James Fisher, has secured a contract with PGZ Stocznia Wojenna (PGZ Naval Shipyard) to provide deep saturation diving and submarine rescue capabilities for the Polish Navy’s new salvage and rescue vessel, Ratownik.
Under the agreement, JFD Global will deliver and integrate a classed integrated hyperbaric chamber complex. This system is designed to enable saturation diving and submarine rescue operations.
JFD Global noted that the collaboration ensures the vessel will be compatible with the NATO submarine rescue system (NSRS), which the company manages on behalf of the UK, French, and Norwegian navies.
Scheduled for completion in late 2029, Ratownik is set to become one of the largest ships in the Polish fleet. Its primary roles will include responding to disabled submarines in territorial and international waters and protecting critical underwater infrastructure (CUI) in the Baltic Sea.
The award follows a pre-engineering feasibility study completed by JFD Global in 2019.
