Polish Shipping Association accepted into ECSA from the beginning of 2024
As of 1 January 2024, the Polish Shipping Association (joint representation of the Polish Shipowners’ Association and the Polish Association of Shipping Companies) has officially…
Another record year for LNG imports to Poland
In 2023, 62 shipments of liquefied natural gas arrived in Swinoujscie. This is four more cargoes than in the previous year. The intensification of raw…
Reuters: VLCC chartered by Orlen to carry Venezuelan oil for China
As reported by Reuters – Polish energy company Orlen, taking advantage of the temporary suspension of sanctions imposed on Venezuela, is brokering oil from that…
ORLEN Group’s fleet of gas carriers expanded by two ultra-modern units
The Saint Barbara and Ignatius Lukasiewicz are two new gas carriers – vessels adapted to carry liquefied natural gas (LNG) – that have joined ORLEN…
Collision with Polish ship in North Sea; second ship sinks, there are casualties
On Tuesday, early in the morning of 24 October, a collision occurred between two ships in the German Bay. The Polish bulk carrier Polesie and…
One of the world’s largest container ships with Gdynia in its name
Hong Kong-based shipowner OOCL (Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd.) named its sixth environmentally friendly mega-container, with a capacity of 24,188 TEUs, after Gdynia at a…
Successful launch of Ursa dredger
On Tuesday, 19 September, another specialist vessel was launched, which will join the fleet of the Maritime Office in Gdynia. The dredger is dedicated to…
Deputy Minister Witkowski: thanks to the navigation channel through the Vistula Spit, Poland is safer
Thanks to the shipping channel through the Vistula Spit, Poland is safer and the port of Elbląg can join the large Polish Baltic ports, Deputy…
September launch of Ursa dredger under construction for the route through the Vistula Spit
A specialised vessel under construction for the new waterway through the Vistula Spit will be launched in mid-September. The launching of the dredger will take…
Swinoujscie expected to receive LNG from new direction – Equatorial Guinea
An LNG carrier with the first cargo from a new source for Poland – Equatorial Guinea – is scheduled to enter the LNG terminal in…
The first CMA CGM container ship arrived at the Baltic Hub
On August 14, the first vessel on the newly launched FAL 1 ocean service, which connects Busan in South Korea with Gdansk, arrived at the…
FlixBus and Stena Line: first direct bus/ferry connection from Poland to Norway
Stena Line has started working with FlixBus to launch the first direct bus service from Poland to Norway, with a ferry crossing from Gdynia to…
Estonia ferry – international team begins survey of wreck on Baltic seabed
An international team of researchers began a journey to the bottom of the Baltic Sea on Tuesday to study the wreck of the ferry Estonia,…
EC welcomes IMO’s new climate ambitions for 2030, 2040 and 2050
The Commission welcomes the agreement reached today at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to revise its 2018 strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ships.
Gas carrier “Grażyna Gęsicka” makes first arrival in Poland
The second vessel of gas carriers being built for the ORLEN Group has just arrived at the port in Świnoujście with a cargo of LNG….