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POLAND UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT

Port of Szczecin mented. Both the maritime universities and new deepwater terminal in Szczecin will be
the maritime secondary and high schools are opening further avenues of development for
involved in maritime education. our maritime industry.

❻ Has the reduced maritime traffic in ❼ Is Poland’s voice heard sufficiently
the Black Sea resulted in increased in the European maritime fora? In
traffic in Polish ports? Is there a which areas do you see a common
notable rise in demand for ship way of thinking with your Greek
repair activities? counterparts?
Since the beginning of the Russian Federa- Poland has over 60 years of presence in the
tion’s armed aggression, Polish seaports have International Maritime Organisation, and we
been involved in helping Ukraine. They han- have been actively involved in the work of its
dle Ukraine’s foreign trade cargo (e.g., grain Committees, Subcommittees, and various
exported from Ukraine to various regions of Working Groups.
the world, as well as steel products or iron ore). We work together with Greece in the IMO
2023 was a record-breaking year in terms technical meetings and fora, where we speak
of cargo handling in Polish seaports. Cargo with one voice, that of the European Union. We
turnover in Gdańsk, Gdynia, Szczecin, and cooperate with each other, seeking the best
Świnoujście amounted to over 145 million solutions and compromises to achieve our
tonnes. In comparison, before the war in mutual goals, taking into account national and
Ukraine, in 2021, the turnover was about 113 international conditions and interests, includ-
million tonnes. In part, this increase is due ing the common issue of reducing GHG emis-
to the additional flows of Ukrainian cargo. sions from ships towards a sustainable and
Also, two of the four key national ports more environmentally friendly shipping sector.
recorded their respective all-time highs in
cargo handling volumes, and the Port of During Posidonia 2024, you may find repre-
Gdansk, our main port, joined the top ten sentatives of the Polish government, Polish
European ports, being ranked 9th in the ports, the Polish Register of Shipping, Bota
continent and 7th in the EU. Technik Sp. z o.o, Shipyard Nauta, Shipyard
Looking ahead, we are excited, as invest- Gryfia, and Gospodarka Morska at the Polish
ments in multimodal infrastructure and the Pavilion (stand 1.337 in Hall 1).

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