Polish seaports strategic cooperation agreement for competitiveness, security and resilience

By Marek Grzybowski

The presidents of the boards of the main Polish seaports have concluded a Cooperation Agreement. The agreement aims to strengthen their competitive position in the European and global maritime transport and logistics system. One of the main goals of the cooperation is the joint development of the “Development Programme for Polish Sea Ports until 2035 with a perspective until 2060”.

Gdańsk, Gdynia, Szczecin and Świnoujście are Polish seaports of fundamental importance to the national economy. The agreement provides for joint actions to strengthen competitiveness, develop security and resilience of port infrastructure and implement modern technologies in Polish seaports. Polish ports will operate jointly on international industrial and logistics markets.

Dorota Pyć, President of the Port of Gdańsk, Piotr Gorzeński, President of the Port of Gdynia, Jarosław Siergiej, President of the Szczecin and Świnoujście Seaports Authority signed the Cooperation Agreement. Arkadiusz Marchewka, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, and Mateusz Kowalewski, publisher of the GospdarkaMorska.pl portal, organizer of the Polish Ports 2030 Congress were present, among others, at the signing of the Polish Sea Ports Agreement.

The cooperation strategy includes planning the sustainable development of ports and their logistics support. The ports plan to create interoperable IT systems, as well as implement innovative technologies in line with European Union guidelines. Polish large ports will join forces to jointly represent the interests of ports towards national and EU institutions. Joint actions will be taken to support trade in the European TEN-T network.

Polish ports will actively participate in the energy transformation of Poland and Europe. Projects in the field of renewable energy sources are planned in the Ports. The construction of installations for the generation, processing and storage of RES energy is planned. The development of OPS infrastructure is planned. Conditions for bunkering LNG and alternative fuels such as methanol, hydrogen or ammonia will be created.