Throughout the Three Seas Summit, Polish gas transmission operator GAZ-SYSTEM has entered into an agreement with Plinacro, a Croatian transmission system operator. The companies are going to collaborate in favor of development of the natural gas market in Central Europe. – Launching the Three Seas initiative will contribute to expansion […]
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PGNiG starts production of gas and oil from Gina Krog field
Located in the North Sea the Gina Krog field was brought on stream on June 30, 2017. PGNiG Upstream Norway is one of the four consortium partners, holding an 8% interest in the licence. The field’s recoverable reserves have been put at 218 million boe, the figure equal to last […]
America stands ready to supply Poland with more LNG
During his visit in Poland, American President Donald Trump declared readiness to sign a long-term liquefied natural gas deal between Poland’s and the US’ companies. Trump arrived in Warsaw on Wednesday, July 5. On the next day he attended the Three Seas Conference and later he made a public speech […]
More investment projects at the Port of Gdansk
Pursuant to an agreement signed on June 26, 2017, works focusing on bank reinforcements of the final section 12f-14 of the Szczecinskie Quay will be carried out this year. This is yet another investment of the Port of Gdansk implemented with the improvement of safety in mind.
Contract for the construction of new Polish Navy tugs signed
On June 19, 2017, Remontowa Shipbuilding SA, member of the Remontowa Holding SA and the Armaments Inspectorate of Poland signed a contract for the construction of six tugs for the Polish Navy, which are to be designed, built and delivered by Remontowa Shipbuilding. The contract was concluded as a result of […]
Poland received first American LNG. Does Trump’s visit pave the way for more?
Liquefied natural gas from Cheniere Energy arrived on June 8, 2017 at the President Lech Kaczyński LNG Terminal in Świnoujście. The chilled cargo was brought in tanks of the US tanker Clean Ocean marking the first such delivery to Central and Eastern Europe. PGNiG plans to conclude more spot agreements.
The world’s largest container ship in Gdansk
On 28 June 2017, the container giant owned by OOCL (Orient Overseas Container Line) called at the DCT deepwater terminal. It is the world’s largest vessel of this type. OOLC Hong Kong is the newest ship of the shipping market’s container fleet, constructed in South Korea in 2017 by the […]
Norwegian Ship of the Year 2017 with Polish input!
The NKT Victoria cable-laying vessel has been awarded the Ship of the Year 2017 prize in Norway. During a ceremony at the Nor-Shipping exhibition in Lillestrøm, the award was presented to CEO and president of NKT, Michael Hedegaard Lyng, captain Svein Ole Sæter, CEO of Salt Ship Design, Arne Stenersen, […]
First Polish built hybrid ferry delivered
On May 18, 2017, the first Polish built hybrid, battery-fed electric drive ferry Elektra was towed out the port of Gdynia, bound for Finland. The road, double-ended, diesel-electric ferry, built at Crist yard and designed for operation in protected waters, was towed in its one-time deep-sea voyage by the tug Atlas. […]
Finneagle refurbished and equipped with scrubbers at Remontowa SA
Remontowa Shiprepar Yard SA has installed scrubbers on more than 40 ships so far. This year, the car-passenger ferry Finneagle, brought to Gdańsk on 29 March 2017, was the first ship to be equipped with scrubbers. It left on May 24. The scope of works on this ship was a […]
Goodman increases warehouse space at the Port of Gdansk
On 21 June, a leading global logistics space developer, the Goodman company, commissioned another warehouse at the Pomeranian Logistics Centre (PLC) at the Port of Gdansk. PLC is the largest logistics centre in Poland in terms of projected warehouse space. At the moment, its Gdansk warehouses have a surface area […]
Ocean Alliance has established permanent cooperation with Gdansk
The first call of the container shipping alliance at the port, announced several months ago, became a fact on 9 May. On this day, the OOCL Tianjin ocean ship called at the DCT container terminal, inaugurating yet another regular container link between Gdansk and Asia. This time, it was the […]