Fire on Polish-built ferry with 288 people on board
A fire broke out on the ship carrying 288 people while sailing from the Greek port of Igoumenitsa in the Epirus-Macedonia West region on the…
In Poland aluminium hulls of two river ferries for the Netherlands are built
Two aluminium hulls of inland pedestrian and bicycle ferries are being built in Świnoujście for a Dutch shipyard. The ferries will be operated on the…
Gróbarczyk: first ships will sail through the Vistula Spit canal at the end of this year
Everything indicates that at the end of this year the first ships will sail through the Vistula Spit Canal, deputy minister of infrastructure Marek Gróbarczyk…
Ship with gas for Kaliningrad circles in Gdansk Bay
The Russian gas carrier Marshal Vasilevskiy has arrived near Kaliningrad Oblast. The ship is circling the Gdansk Bay and the southern Baltic Sea, triggering much…
Polsteam has ordered four bulk carriers in Chinese shipyards
The Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) shipyard, part of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) group – as commented by Chinese media – “started the…
Finnlines increases frequency on Gdynia-Hanko service
Finnlines Poland, one of the two ro-ro shipowners that OT Port Gdynia terminal operates with, is improving its capacity by increasing the frequency of the…
Polferries has started the process of acquiring a new ferry
Polska Żegluga Bałtycka (eng. Polish Baltic Shipping), Poland’s ferry operator known as Polferries, has started acquiring a new ferry, deputy infrastructure minister Marek Gróbarczyk told…
29 years ago ferry Jan Heweliusz sank
It was the greatest maritime disaster, unrelated to warfare, in the history of the Polish merchant fleet. An unequal battle of the ferry Jan Heweliusz…
Poland condemns detention of UAE ship by Hutu rebels in Red Sea
Poland condemns the detention by Hutu rebels of a United Arab Emirates ship in the Red Sea in January this year, the Polish Ministry of…
PGNiG to take delivery of 95 million cbm of natural gas in mid-January
Another gas carrier delivering 95 m cubic metres of fuel is to arrive at the LNG terminal in Świnoujście in mid-January, the Polish Oil and…
Polferries has received 140 million PLN to gain a ferry
Polska Żegluga Bałtycka (eng. Polish Baltic Shipping – PŻB), Poland’s ferry operator headquartered in Kołobrzeg, has received the support of PLN 140 million from the…
Million tons of sand will surround an artificial island
One million tons of sand will fill the dyke of an artificial island in the Vistula Lagoon, Gdynia Maritime Office informed Polish Press Agency. The…
Polish Ferries company with one billion PLN to start Ro-Paxes construction
The company Polskie Promy (eng. Polish Ferries) has received 1 billion zlotys of recapitalisation, which will allow it to start the production of three ferries…
Port in Elbląg getting closer to the Baltic Sea
The construction of a waterway linking the Gdansk Bay with the Vistula Lagoon has continued. Thanks to this investment, the port of Elbląg will gain…
Ship collision in the Baltic Sea. Rescue operation underway
Two freighters collided in the Baltic Sea early Monday morning at the point separating the Danish-owned island of Bornholm from the Swedish coast, Denmark’s Joint…
Stena Line launches new ferry line to Finland
Swedish ferry operator Stena Line announced today that it is launching a new ferry line on the route from Nynäshamn in Sweden to Hanko in…