Szczecin (Poland)

Szczecin is a major cruise and ferry port in Poland (West Pomeranian Voivodeship), located on Oder River (south of Szczecin Lagoon) and near Baltic Sea. The city has population around 410,000 (metro 780,000), ranking it Poland's 7th largest.

Szczecin is served by ferries via Swinoujscie ferry terminal, with regularly scheduled daily connections to Denmark and Sweden.

• Swinoujscie to Ystad (Sweden) ferry links are offered by POLFERRIES (3 daily crossings, time 6,5 hours) and Unity Line (14 weekly crossings / time 7,3 hours).
• Ferry connections Swinoujscie to Trelleborg (Sweden) are offered by TT LINE (9 weekly crossings / time 6 hours).
• Ferry connections Swinoujscie to Ronne (Denmark) are offered by TT LINE and POLFERRIES - both with 1 weekly crossing (time 5 hours).

Port Szczecin (locode PLSZZ) is ranked the country's 3rd-largest, with annual cargo capacity over 10 million tons. It is situated along the southwestern coast of Dabie Lake, on both sides of Oder River as well as on several islands between the river's eastern and western branches. The city's transportation links are via:

• Air (Szczecin-Goleniow Airport), located approx 47 km (29 mi) northeast of downtown.
• Trams (network with 12 lines and 95 stops) has a total length of 111 km (69 mi).
• Buses (a network of 70 routes) operated with 50x normal lines, 16 night-routes and 7 express lines.
• Roads (A6 motorway connects to Germany's A11 autobahn, from where to Berlin / 90 min travel time)
• Rail (Szczecin main train station is in the city centre, railway connections are to the Airport and the rest of Poland via Swinoujscie).

On November 5, 2020, at Port Szczecin was successfully conducted its first LNG bunkering of a ship (fueling the docked vessel with liquefied natural gas). The LNG bunkering was conducted by PGNiG Obrot Detaliczny (Poland's largest gas and oil company/part of the holding PGNiG SA) and LOTOS Asfalt (specializing in crude oil production, refining and oil products marketing/part of the holding Grupa LOTOS SA).

In 2022 started the dredging (deepening and widening) of the Debicki Canal (from 120 to 200 m / 395-655 ft, max depth 12,5 m/40 ft), the extension of the Finnish Quay (container terminal), and the modernization of the Czech Quay and Słowackie Quay. The new Danish Quay (length 770 m / 2526 ft) acts as a protection for Grabowski Island and allowed the future extension of the Norwegian Quay. For this major port development project (scheduled for completion in 2023-Q2) was contracted NDI Group SA (Danmark).