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In the following pages, Arkadiusz Marchewka, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure in
Poland responsible for the Maritime Economy, Water Management, and Inland Navigation,
reveals the priorities of the Polish government concerning maritime transport,
highlighting the central role of ports in the country’s economy. Additionally,
Minister Marchewka discusses Poland’s environmental agenda and the impact of
geopolitical tensions on maritime traffic in its ports.

POLISH SEAPORTS

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HELPING UKRAINE

An interview with ❶ What are the Ministry’s current pri- seaports in Gdańsk, Szczecin, and Świnoujscie.
Arkadiusz Marchewka, orities in developing Poland’s inland The development of digital services provided on
Poland's Deputy Minister supply chain? Are there aspirations inland waterways is one of Poland’s priorities in
of Infrastructure
to expand Polish inland waterways terms of building a coherent country transport
by Manos Charitos and strengthen their role in Poland’s system, including inland waterway transport.
economy? We are developing the River Information System
In order to strengthen the role of inland navi- (RIS) and introducing it to subsequent sections
gation in Poland’s transport system and, at the of waterways. At the same time, we want to dig-
same time, the economy, we are focusing on itise the services of maritime market entities: we
improving and maintaining navigational condi- are working on introducing shipping administra-
tions on the sections of the rivers Odra and Vis- tion e-services such as an electronic database of
tula used for regular transport operations. These documents for crews and ships, the possibility
plans are mainly related to the urgent revitalisa- of electronic applications for issuing documents,
tion of hydrotechnical facilities and the removal and the digital collection of fees for the use of
of obstacles to navigation in the hinterland of the waterways and hydrotechnical devices.

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