New Dreamliners
03-02-2012
LOT will be the first European airline that will receive the modern B787...» more

Chopin Airport in Warsaw is almost ready for Euro 2012
27-01-2012
Euro 2012 is going to start on 8th of June. Poland, along with Ukraine, is a host of this sports event...» more

We will fly more
27-01-2012
Eurocontrol - the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation – published a report on its website...» more

Gdańsk Airport serviced 2,5 million of passengers in 2011  
05-01-2012
Nearly 2.5 million passengers were handled on the Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport in 2011. Compared to last year, the amount of passengers increase of about 10 percent...» more

A new station of Lufthansa Cargo at the airport in Jasionka
05-12-2011
The airport in Jasionka, near Rzeszów, since Friday is richer in a new Lufthansa Cargo station. The destination places of transported cargoes are Vienna and Frankfurt...» more

Traffic at the sky is getting busier – the newest data
29-11-2011
A risk of glutting in the airspace and airports is becoming more and more real. Without proper investments in the aviation traffic management system, problems in a realization of the Single European Sky will appear...» more

Forum for the mutual exchange of the experience in transport industry

Employees, investors and specialists from the field of transport industry issues will be very satisfied with the forthcoming event which will take place in 6-8. March 2012 in Gdańsk, in the Polish Baltic Philharmonic. The most important elements of the Transport Week 2012 are three conferences: Port Strategy & Investments Conference (replacing Ro-Ro & Ferry Conference this year), Baltic Container Conference and Intermodal Conference.

Transport Week 2012 is an exceptional chance to extend knowledge of a transport market and also to establish valuable business contacts. It also contributes to the integration of the representatives of different sectors in transport industry. The event is directed to i. a. seaports, maritime organizations, railway, maritime, aviation and intermodal carriers, governmental bodies, universities, logistic and terminal operators, financial institutions, consulting companies and many other institutions and persons connected with a transport area.

The subject matter of the individual parts of the Transport Week 2012 will be focused i. a. on the following problems:

• Port Strategy & Investments Conference: strategies of ports and terminals; aspects of investments and securing the financing of the projects; port investments projects in growing European markets

• Baltic Container Conference: European regional markets; shipping sector after crisis era; outlook for the container in the Baltic

• Intermodal Conference: intermodal in Central and Eastern Europe; integration of logistic chain; TEN-T and Baltic-Adriatic Corridor

In addition to the three big conferences there will be also noteworthy three-day Open Discussion Panels and Exhibitions as well as Gala Dinner, which will take place in March 7th, at the end of the second day of the event.

In the end of the first conference day the evening Gala Awionetka 2011 was held. The most prestigious honorary awards were presented in five categories: Personage of the Year, The Best Airline of the Year, The Best Airport of the Year, Innovative Solution of the Year and The Most Significant Event of the Year.

Laureates of the Gala Awionetka 2011 are:

1. The Personage of the Year

Marek Serafin – Editor in Chief, PRTL.pl

For lauching and professional managing of the PRTL.pl portal; for initiating new projects thought this portal; for integrating the aviation environment around the problems of air transport development in Poland.

2. The Best Airline of the Year

EnterAir

For building a strong charter airline, registered in Poland; for dynamic development of high quality transport services; for increasing competitiveness in the charter flights market; for providing new vacancies in the Polish aviation market.

3. The Best Airport of the Year

Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport

For dynamic route development; for implementation of important and expensive investments, that improves the standard of airport services; for a skillful cooperation with Zurich Airport in the field of airport development.

4. The Most Significant Event of the Year

Direct flights from Gdansk to Krakow and Wroclaw provided by Eurolot

For meeting the expectations of passengers in increasing availability of direct flights between regional  airports; for skillful use of the possibility of the regional aviation market development (regional airports).

5. The Most Significant Event of the Year

Chopin Airport in Warsaw

For perfect crisis situation management and meeting its high standards, according  to the emergency landing of Boeing 767.

6. The Most Significant Event of the Year – Additional Award

The LOT Polish Airlines crew of flight 16, a Boeing 767 300

For perfect behavior in emergency conditions and flawless fulfillment of standards during the successfully performed emergency belly landing.

Chapter of the Gala Awionetka 2011 includes:
• Prof. Elżbieta Marciszewska – Warsaw School of Economics – Chapter Chairman
• Agnieszka Stefańska – Rzeczpospolita
• Krzysztof Banaszak – PANSA – Polish Air Navigation Services Agency
• Sebastian Gościniarek – BBSG Business Advisory
• Dr. Tomasz Dziedzic – Institute of Tourism in Warsaw
• Prof. Włodzimierz Rydzkowski – University of Gdansk

The event is organized by Actia Conferences, one of the departments of Actia Forum, which specializes in organizing prestigious international conferences that are targeted to the different transport sectors.

News 

Maersk's Polish railway connection
03-02-2012
Maersk Poland, part of global Maersk Line, started first train line transporting freight in containers from DCT Gdansk port to Schavemaker Katy Wroclawskie terminal...» more

2011 - beneficial year for offshore wind energy
26-01-2012
New turbines with total capacity of 866 MW was built in 9 marine wind power plants....» more

Increased PKP Cargo's freight transport
19-01-2012
The aggregate commodity group was the one to note the most spectacular rise...» more

Polish Baltic ports compete with Hamburg for Chinese contractors 
18-01-2012
The ports of Gdansk and Gdynia want to be the gateway to Europe, and the city of Zhuhai plans to represent Asia...» more

DCT Gdańsk makes the port of Gdańsk the biggest container terminal in Poland
10-01-2012
The dynamic growth of traffic in the DCT Gdańsk in 2010 contributed to the terminal’s new record high number of containers which were transhipped i.e. 47 153 TEU...» more

DB Schenker: intermodal transport is the future of railways
18-01-2012
The development of intermodal transport is a key issue for functioning of modern rail transport. Solid government policy in this case is a necessity - said in an interview with wnp.pl Christian Schreyer, Member of the Board of DB Schenker Rail Poland...» more

PKN Orlen plans to enter wind power sector
10-01-2012
PKN Orlen, a major European oil refiner and petrol retailer, is planning to enter wind energy market...» more

CEO of the Railway Transport Office dissmissed after three months on a post
09-01-2012
Donald Tusk dismissed Krzysztof Jaroszyński from the post - unofficially announced Mikołaj Karpiński, spokesman of Polish Ministry of Transport, Construction and Maritime Economy....» more

New CEO of Maersk
04-01-2012
Søren Skou will take on a post of CEO of Maersk Line, the world leader in container traffic, belonging to the Danish group AP Møller-Maersk....» more

Polish sea terminals - new challenges
27-12-2011
Significant changes in the deep sea freight transport market forces to the Polish ports investment - otherwise there is a huge risk of marginalization, resulting in loss of independence in foreign trade - says Krzysztof Szymborski, CEO of the Baltic Container Terminal in Gdynia...» more

Increase of rail transport
20-12-2011
According to Departament of Railway Communication’s data, Polish railway companies transported nearly 187 million tonnes of cargo, which means over 40 billion tonne-kilometers of transport work done from January to September this year...» more

The rail and the Ministry are preparing themselves for a Winter
08-12-2011
Sławomir Nowak, the Minister of Transport, Construction and Maritime Economy informed about launching the ‘Winter’ staff and making decisions about this year’s rail’s preparation for a snow and a frost. The foundation are going to be new procedures, division of tasks and responsibility for activities made. He also stated that that the last year’s errors had been analyzed so that nobody would repeat them...» more

Names of the five new vice-ministers of transport have been announced
01-12-2011
The Government Information Centre has made public the information that the Prime Minister appointed Tadeusz Jarmuziewicz, Maciej Jankowski, Piotr Styczeń, Anna Wypych-Namiotko and Janusz Żbik to the posts of vice-ministers of the Ministry of Transport, Construction and Maritime Economy...» more

The future of transport in EU in opinion of the Vice-president of the European Commission
01-12-2011
Siim Kallas, the Vice-president of the EC, who is in charge of transport politics, stated that transport must cooperate with the requirements of the environmental protection and social and economic conditions...» more

New possibility in sea container transport
28-11-2011
Daily Maersk, a global container transport operator, is launching a new service which will let sending cargo from four ports in Asia everyday with a warranty that it will be delivered to one of three European hubs. The whole sea transport  web, together with a shipping connections with Gdańsk, will be improved...» more

A new connection of PCC Intermodal with Moscow
28-11-2011
At the beginning of December PCC Intermodal will launch a new, regular connection of the railway transport of container cargo Dariusz Stefański, a chairman of the board of PCC Intermodal, stated that making a decision about opening a new connection is an element of the company’s development and also a next step in creating regular, intermodal connections in our part of the continent...» more

A slide at the railway
25-11-2011
A plan of the the railway investments for the years 2011-2013, which assumes that PKP PLK will realize, during this time, an investment worth 21,5 bln zloty, will not be realized – ‘Rzeczpospolita’ warns...» more

Sławomir Nowak: railway in the limelight
24-11-2011
The main aim of the department for the next four years is an increase in the quality of the transport services and in the limelight we have a development of the railway - Sławomir Nowak, the Minister of Transport, Construction and Maritime Economy, said...» more

Transport optimization reduces CO₂ emission
14-10-2011
According to Eurostat informations index of empty trucks coming back to base after delivered articles was increased from 25% in 2007 to 27% in 2009...» more

Mark your calendars for Transport Week 2012
04-03-2011
6-8 March 2012 • Polish Baltic Philharmonic in Gdańsk