How the Depths of the Danish Straits Shape Gdańsk's Port and City Spatial Development

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ID22018239
AutoresKarolina Krośnicka (0000-0002-7844-8572, Gdańsk University of Technology), Aleksandra Wawrzyńska (0000-0002-6261-3983, Gdynia Maritime University)
Año2023
Volumen8
Número3
Fecha de publicación2023-09-06
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaUrban Planning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2183-7635 • E-ISSN: 2183-7635
EditorialCogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT)
DOI10.17645/up.v8i3.6832
OpenAlexW4386482572
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas20

The depths of the Danish Straits limit the drafts of ships entering the Baltic Sea. The largest ships calling the Baltic in a laden condition are called Baltimax. The article presents how the dredging works carried out in the Danish Straits in the 1970s enabled the development of the Port of Gdańsk and consequently also influenced the city, being a residential base for employees of the new port and shipyards. The analysed case proves that, for port cities, overcoming a distant navigational bottleneck by dredging the existing passage or constructing a new channel might lead to a significant change in their development. The article also raises a question on the current development opportunities of the Port of Gdańsk, which is again increasingly limited by the depths of the Danish Straits, as large tankers and bulk carriers have already been entering Gdańsk not fully loaded for some time, and recently the largest container ships also reached the maximum permissible drafts

Archaeology · Baltic sea · Bottleneck · Danish · Dredging · Fishery · Geography · Harbour · Operations management · Shipbuilding · Shipyard · Telecommunications · Coastal and Marine Management · Computer Science · Engineering · Maritime Ports and Logistics · Urbanization and City Planning · Geology · Oceanography