| Port of Szczecin | |
|---|---|
| The Port of Szczecin in 2007 | |
| Location | |
| Country | Poland |
| Location | Szczecin |
| Details | |
| Opened | Middle Ages |
| Operated by | Szczecin and Świnoujscie Seaports Authority |
| Owned by | Government of Poland |
| Wharfs | 103 |
| Statistics | |
| Vessel arrivals | 2 895 sea ships (2007) |
| Annual cargo tonnage | 9.965 million tons (2006) |
| Annual container volume | 38 025 TEU (2006) |
| Website | Szczecin and Świnoujscie Seaports Authority |
The Port of Szczecin [ˈʂt͡ʂɛt͡ɕin] ( listen) (in Polish generally Port Szczecin) is a Polish seaport and deep water harbour in Szczecin, Poland located at Oder River and the Regalica river in Lower Oder River Valley, off the Szczecin Lagoon. The port has Port Free Zone and shipyard.
In 2006, cargo traffic in the seaport was equaled 9,965,000 tons, and it comprised 16.5% of all cargo traffic in Polish seaports[1]. In 2007, to the port entered 2895 ships of gross tonnage more than 100[2].
The Port of Szczecin and the Port of Świnoujście are managed by one authority. Both ports creates one of the largest port complexes at the Baltic Sea.
By the Treaty of Versailles the navigation on the Oder became subject to international agreements, and following its articles 363 and 364 Czechoslovakia was entitled to lease in Stettin (now Szczecin) its own harbour bassin, then called Tschechoslowakische Zone im Hafen Stettin.[3] The contract of lease between Czechoslovakia and Germany, and supervised by the United Kingdom, was signed on February 16, 1929 and would end in 2028, however, after 1945 Czechoslovakia did not regain this legal position, de facto abolished in 1938/1939. Different to Hamburg, there a similar regulation is still valid for the Moldauhafen bassin until 2028.