13.09.2004

On 7-10 September Gdansk was playing host to the 12th edition of the International Maritime Exhibition of BALTEXPO 2004. This year's event gathered 312 exhibitors representing Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Japan, Canada, Germany, Russia, Switzerland, Sweden, the UK, the USA, and not least Poland. The main areas of trade present at the exhibition comprised ship building industry, ports and terminals, communications and navigation equipment, ship shells, on-board equipment, cargo handling machines, shop overhauls, ship engines, shipping and port services, boats, yachts fitting and furnishing, sailing and port rescue services, sea environment protection, maritime publishers, ship classification associations. Official national exhibition stands were provided by Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany and Norway.

The Honorary Patronage of the exhibition was held by: President of the Republic of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski and Marshal of Senate Longin Pastusiak, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economy and Labour Jerzy Hausner, Minister of Infrastructure Krzysztof Opawski, Governor of the Pomeranian Province Cezary Dabrowski, City Mayor of Gdansk Pawel Adamowicz and President of the Industry Development Agency Arkadiusz Krezel.

This year, similarly to the previous edition of the fair, the Port of Gdansk Authority SA shared a booth with the Municipal Office in Gdansk. Playing host on behalf of the Port of Gdansk Authority SA was Witold Antoniewicz - Member of the Board, Administration and Organization Director. Additionally, at the exhibition stand present were representatives of the major port operating companies such as Port of Gdansk Cargo and Logistics, as well as Gdansk Container Terminal.

The state-of-the-art decoration of the spacious booth area (55 m²) that had been arranged by the Promotion Department of the Port of Gdansk Authority SA attracted considerable numbers of exhibition visitors, with the highlight of the stand being a large centrally-positioned screen showing the most interesting pictures of the city and the port.

Participation of the Port of Gdansk Authority SA in the BALTEXPO 2004 exhibition provided first and foremost the opportunity to present the offer of the Port of Gdansk in a comprehensive form and to show its recent achievements. For the disposal of those interested, besides the Port of Gdansk Handbook, available were also "Fee tariff for services of Port of Gdansk Authority SA", as well as "The Financial Report for the Year 2003". Those visiting the booth most frequently sought information on a new container terminal that is scheduled for construction at the Northern Port.

The accompanying event to the exhibition was a conference on "Polish Ship Building Industry in the European Union"