Port of Gdansk

🇵🇱 Poland

Baltic Sea · Container Terminal

UN/LOCODE
PLGDN
Country
🇵🇱 Poland
Port Type
Container Terminal
Ocean Region
Baltic Sea
Latitude
54.4000° N
Longitude
18.6600° E

Maritime Risk Context

In the last 180 days, ArcNautical recorded 101 vessel arrivals at Gdansk, with Cargo accounting for 27% of port calls — lower than the Baltic Sea regional average of 44%. Gdansk in Poland operates in a semi-enclosed shallow basin with seasonal ice and the strictest environmental regime in commercial shipping. December–April ice coverage requires vessels to meet Finnish-Swedish Ice Class for independent navigation or rely on icebreaker escort, and ice-edge position varies enough between years that conventional deterministic routing models fail. Since 2022, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has transformed the security architecture: NATO maritime presence has increased substantially, and sanctions against Russian energy exports have disrupted traditional traffic patterns. The Baltic is also a designated Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) and Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA), requiring low-sulphur fuel or exhaust gas cleaning systems.

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Top Vessel Types (last 180 days)

Across 101 distinct vessel arrivals, 100 carry a confirmed AIS ship-type code. The most common categories at Gdansk:

27%
Cargo
27 vessels
14%
Tanker
14 vessels
10%
Tug
10 vessels
9%
Cargo
9 vessels
5%
Dredging
5 vessels

Port State Control Context

Gdansk falls under the Paris MoU. The Paris Memorandum of Understanding does not publish a bulk per-vessel detention CSV. ArcNautical evaluates per-vessel detention probability using flag-state performance (3-year rolling rate from the 2024 Paris MoU annual report), vessel age, deficiency history, and ownership transparency. Paris MoU PSC inspections remain among the most rigorous globally.

Recent Arrivals at Gdansk

Last 10 vessel arrivals recorded by ArcNautical's AIS pipeline (last 90 days):

ArrivedVesselFlagType
2026-06-15 MSC BERYL 🇵🇦 PA Cargo
2026-06-14 FREJA R 🇩🇰 DK Dredging
2026-06-12 SNOEKGRACHT 🇳🇱 NL Cargo
2026-06-11 SIGMA 🇻🇨 VC Search & Rescue
2026-06-09 AMBER STAR 🇦🇬 AG Cargo
2026-06-09 MINTAKA I 🇵🇦 PA Dredging
2026-06-09 KAATA 🇲🇹 MT Cargo
2026-06-09 BBC LIVORNO 🇦🇬 AG Cargo
2026-06-09 ECOMAL II 🇵🇱 PL Tanker
2026-06-09 FRONT OCELOT 🇲🇭 MH Tanker

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