On Saturday, March 7, one of the largest container ships in the world, owned by the Mediterranean Shipping Company – MSC Ambra, entered DCT Gdansk. This is the first visit of this vessel to Gdansk. MSC Ambra was launched this year in the Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries and entered […]
DCT Gdansk has successfully implemented an OCR system at the gateways, which is one of the key projects within the T2b expansion programme. The OCR project included the implementation of fully automated gates that use OCR (Optical Character Recognition) cameras to register trucks and containers arriving at DCT Gdansk. The […]
Construction of Nord Stream 2 will be completed without regard to possible sanctions from the US,” said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Pankin on Monday in an interview with RIA Novosti. The Russian deputy minister reiterated Moscow’s position, which describes the U.S.’s actions towards Nord Stream 2 as “unfair competition” […]
Poland’s return to the sea was one of the most important events that shaped and built our history,” said President Andrzej Duda in Puck on Monday during the celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of Poland’s wedding to the sea. During his speech, the President pointed out that “this is a […]
60 new cases of coronavirus infection were found on the Japanese cruise ship Diamond Princess, which is mooring on the roadstead in Yokohama,” TBS television reported on Monday on its Twitter. The number of people infected on the ship has thus increased to 130. Earlier, the balance sheet said there […]
On 29 January, on board the research and training ship of the Maritime University of Szczecin – Navigator XXI, representatives of Mewo company and the university signed a cooperation agreement. Mewo is a company operating on the European offshore market. It specializes in research and development works, seabed research and […]
In London, the Polish document was adopted during a session of the IMO subcommittee on Safe Shipping, Radio communications and Search and Rescue. It concerns ship routes and the so called traffic separation system in the area of ‘Ławica Słupska’. The seventh session of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Sub-Committee […]
The wreck of a large transport ship several hundred years ago was discovered by archaeologists in the Vistula River at the height of Łomianki Dolne, north of Warsaw. According to the finders, it is probably a shipwreck, i.e. a vessel that could transport up to 100 tons of goods. The […]
Piotr Adamowicz is a Pomeranian sailor of the year 2019, Zuzanna Rybicka a sailor and Paweł Solecki a trainer. On Monday, December 9th, the 11th Pomeranian Sailing Gala took place in the Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre. Every year during the gala, the Pomeranian Sailing Association (PZŻ) “Crystal Sail” Awards are presented […]
In China, the construction of a machine that will drill a tunnel between the islands of Wolin and Usedom in Świnoujście has begun. The machine will be more than 13 meters in diameter and the diameter of the shield itself will be 12 meters. The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) for […]
An illegal factory and drug storehouse operated in the Wielkopolskie Voivodeship. Officers of the Pomeranian State Fund and CBSP from Gdańsk broke up a group dealing with drug smuggling on a large scale after months of observing its activities in many provinces. However, the officers waited for the right moment […]
Gdańska Stocznia Remontowa S.A. from the Remontowa Holding Group carries out an interesting programme of rebuilding at least three ro-ro ships for the CLdN company. As a result of the reconstruction, the ro-ro cargo area of each of them increases by almost 30 percent. CLdN (Compagnie Luxembourgeoise d’Navigation), formerly known […]
The possibility of financial support for inland waterway owners in the form of preferential loans for the purchase, modernisation or repair of inland vessels is provided for in the Act on financial support for inland waterway owners, the Inland Navigation Fund and the Reserve Fund, which enters into force on […]
Rapid technological development and implementation of innovations in the maritime sector are not the only changes faced by business managers. The shipbuilding, port and logistics industries need to be open to diversity, more women, especially in managerial positions. It is true that there are more and more women in the […]
“Europe from the air”, this is the name of the new National Geographic programme, whose premiere is scheduled for Tuesday, 5 November at 10 p.m. As the initiators of the project announce, “the first episode will provide us with an extraordinary experience, because the National Geographic channel team will show […]
Remontowa Shipbuilding SA from the Remontowa Holding capital group signed on Friday, November 1, a contract for the construction of a new, fully equipped “Salish” class ferry for the Canadian shipowner BC Ferries. The ship is scheduled for delivery in 2021. The new “Salish” class ferry is to replace Mayne […]
