The maritime economy in Poland in 2023
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Compared to 2022, cargo traffic through Polish seaports increased while both passenger movements and the number of ship arrivals in seaports drecreased. Both the volume of international carriages of cargo and passengers by Polish operators decreased. As at the end of 2023, the number of units of the maritime and coastal transport fleet and fishing fleet remained at the same level as in the previous year. There were fewer fish catches in the Baltic Sea than the year before, while deep-sea fishing volumes increased.
Cargo traffic in seaports in 2023 amounted to 135.9 million tonnes and was higher by 14.3% in comparison to previous year. The largest increase of cargo traffic handled the port of: Gdańsk (by 26.1%), Gdynia (by 10.6%) and Szczecin (by 5.4%), while a decrease was reported in Police (by 36.8%) and Świnoujście (by 11.2%).
