The Chinese-Polish Joint Stock Shipping Co. (Chipolbrok) is continuing its fleet replacement. Its brand new heavy cargo vessel Chipolbrok Atlantic has set a record transporting 150 wind turbine blades, each 49 metres long on its maiden voyage from north China to the US west coast. The cargo was loaded onto […]
Polish ship design office Remontowa Marine Design & Consulting Ltd. has won the public tender for the development of concept and classification design of ro-ro passenger ship for the largest Croatian ferry operator Jadrolinija Maritime Liner Company. The ferry will be designated to operate in the Adriatic Sea between the […]
The investments on the Oder river, where works eliminating bottlenecks will soon begin, are the government’s priority. The implementation of the government program is to benefit the entire economy – developing river transport, and with it this branch of industry, and improving flood safety. Navigability of the rivers will be […]
On July 28, 2016 a Polish state-owned Nauta shiprepair yard concluded a cooperation agreement with Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL). The agreement provides for newbuildings and repair of ships operated by the IRISL Group. Details of the agreement are to be discussed and clarified in the coming two […]
On Thursday, June 9, 2016, in a political show off (backing the Polish government’s shipbuilding industry revival program), in the presence of Polish prime minister Beata Szydlo, during the 4th “International Maritime Congress” held in Szczecin, a letter of intent was signed by Polska Zegluga Baltycka (Polferries), the Polish Development Fund and […]
On the 2nd June 2016 the largest container vessel ever built with the capacity of 19,224 TEU MSC Maya arrived at the Deepwater Container Terminal in Gdansk for the first time. The giant ship, which belongs to MSC, travels to DCT as a part of a weekly oceanic service of […]
Tarros, the Multimodal Transport Operator specialized in intra-Mediterranean services, is further upgrading its regular container service connecting the Adriatic Sea to the Mediterranean Levant and Libya. In the next days a third vessel shall be deployed on this line, allowing a sailing frequency of ten days from each one of the […]
On the 8th of December 2015 the naming and delivery ceremony of Chipolbrok Pacific took place in the Shanghai Shipyard on Chongming Island. Chipolbrok Pacific is a state-of-the-art multipurpose vessel designed for carriage of heavy lifts and project cargoes with 32 000 dwt, 190 meters length overall and width of […]
Effective from January 1st, 2016, German based United Heavy Lift (UHL) and EuroAfrica Shipping Lines (ESL), operating from Szczecin, Poland, agreed a strategic and exclusive cooperation. United Heavy Lift has been nominated by ESL as commercial agent (booking) for Germany and several other European countries (including Austria and Italy). At the same time ESL […]
On October 19, 2015 the 190 m long 38,500 dwt vessel named Armia Krajowa was launched at the Chinese shipyard Yangfan. Almost two months later, on the 8th of December 2015, the 36 500 dwt Legiony Polskie dry bulker was launched by the Singapore-listed Yangzijiang Shipbuilding in China. Both vessels […]
Bulk carriers of Polska Żegluga Morska (Polsteam) carry significant volumes of Polish sulfur for the Grupa Azoty Group – the Group informs in its press release. In 2015, Grupa Azoty Kopalnie i Zakłady Chemiczne Siarki Siarkopol S.A. has used Polish ships to export over 300,000 tonnes of pelletized and granular sulfur […]
Apatyth is the name of the newest ship of Unibaltic’s fleet. It was built in 2004 in a Croatian shipyard. The vessel has the bearing capacity of 24 086 t, it is 167.57 m long and 26.4 m wide. At present, it is the largest tanker in the Polish […]
