spotting opportunities - Gdynia and Gdansk, Poland - late June and early July

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shipspotting / photography opportunities in Gdynia and Gdansk, Poland

late June / early July



- Open Day - Stena Line terminal and STENA SPIRIT christening ceremony and "open decks"
__details in Polish:
__http://www.naszemorze.com.pl/pokaz_wiadomosc.php?idn=499
__date: 1st July 2011
__duration: 10:00 a.m. - 06:00 p.m.
__christening ceremony: 12:00
__venue: Stena Line terminal - 60, Kwiatkowskiego St., Gdynia
__getting there: ...is easy anyway (public transport bus line no. 570), but shuttle buses will be provided free of charge (from the city centre, maybe from main waterfront pier, where Stena Baltica used to be moored during previous Stena Open Days in Gdynia)
__if you are lucky - you may take pictures of feeder container ships berthed at nearby GCT (Hutchison) terminal (if they happen to be there on that day)
__the Godmother (sponsor) of the ship will be Polish, Gdynia born, actress Anna Przybylska
__


- in Gdynia one hour round harbour boat trips are available
- such harbour trips on tourist ships are also available in Gdansk, but their route is in the "inner" port of Gdansk only (they do not go to Port Polnocny - Northern (outer) Port of Gdansk...

- cruise vessels visits:
http://www.port.gdynia.pl/en/events/cruise-ships

- in Gdynia: two arrivals and two departures each Sunday, Wednesday and Friday of large Finnlines ro-pax'es (service to Helsinki and Rostocks); all these arrivals and departures are usually during daylight, in summer at least...



- Polish Navy ships parade / fleet review
__date: 26th June 2011
__start: 04:15 p.m.
__where: along the Gdynia'a promenade
__details will be provided later
__info in Polish:
__http://www.naszemorze.com.pl/pokaz_wiadomosc.php?idn=498
__poster in Polish:
__http://fow.az.pl/forum/download/file.php?id=954
__first Polish naval parade in 40 years!



- macro-photography ship spotting opportunity
__2nd Ship Models Exhibition SHIPREPLICA
__small (so far), but nice meeting and exhibition
__exhibitors from abroad with their models most welcome
__poster in Polish:
__http://tinyurl.com/shipmodels  /  http://tinyurl.com/modele-okret
__duration: 1-3 July 2011
__venue: Navy Club "Riwiera", Gdynia



- Baltic Sail Gdansk 2011
__including appearance by replicas of Bounty, Shtandart
__duration 7-10 July



- in Gdansk 13 500 and 15 000 TEU Maersk owned or chartered vessels
__are calling at DCT terminal every week for 2-3 days stay
__they can be photographed from (so far) publicly accessible beach
__near the DCT terminal, Gdansk (poor public transport, it's better
__to have private car or bicycle to get there)
__you enter the beach going roughly between the two blue-roofed buildings...
__see map: http://tinyurl.com/6dz5xwk

__

__http://www.portalmorski.pl/multimedia/galeria_category/111
__http://www.portalmorski.pl/multimedia/galeria_category/116

schedule for nearest calls:
SHIP - ETA - ETD
(remember! as always, everywhere about ships: "E" means __estimated__)
ELLY MAERSK   22 Jun 2011 12:00   25 Jun 2011 02:00   
EMMA MAERSK   29 Jun 2011 12:00   02 Jul 2011 02:00   
EUGEN MAERSK   06 Jul 2011 12:00   09 Jul 2011 02:00   
MAERSK ERVING   13 Jul 2011 12:00   16 Jul 2011 02:00   
EVELYN MAERSK   20 Jul 2011 12:00   23 Jul 2011 02:00   
MAERSK ELBA   27 Jul 2011 12:00   30 Jul 2011 02:00
MAERSK EUBANK   03 Aug 2011 12:00   06 Aug 2011 02:00
ESTELLE MAERSK   10 Aug 2011 12:00   13 Aug 2011 02:00
EDITH MAERSK   17 Aug 2011 12:00   20 Aug 2011 02:00
MAERSK EDMONTON   24 Aug 2011 12:00   27 Aug 2011 02:00



- non maritime event:
__Heineken Opener festival, Gdynia
__duration: 30th June - 3rd July
__details: http://www.opener.pl/en
__among many other acts: Primus and Prince this year!
Heineken Open'er Festival won prestigious award for Best Major Festival at European Festival Awards twice (in 2010 and 2011) - the most important European festival awards granted by Yourope, Eurosonic Noorderslag and Virtual Festivals Europe.

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update:

what:  open day in two Gdansk shipyards (REMONTOWA Group)

where:  REMONTOWA Shipbuilding, former Northern Shipyard and Gdansk Shiprepair Yard "Remontowa" SA

when:  Sunday, June 19, from 10:00 a.m. to 03:00 p.m.

details in Polish - today's post at: http://tinyurl.com/nasze-morze

_some_ of the sights available during these days at "Remontowa" SA:

docked:  Seven Sisters OSV
docked:  Vigdis Knutsen shuttle tanker
alongside:  dechouse(superstructure)-less Yeoman Bontrup
alongside: Szare Szeregi BCT 70 type B&W built panamax bulker
alongside: City of Barcelona feeder vehicle carrier
alongside: FSO Apollo Spirit



Gdynia and Gdansk:

- direct flights to several European capital cities and big ports, often with cheap airlines
- direct ferry links with: Helsinki, Rostock, Karlskrona, Nynashamn

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this recently launched website is lacking more detailed shipspotting information, but even without it - it still may be useful for visitors...


worth seeing in Gdynia
http://gdyniaturystyczna.pl/en/warto-zobaczyc/

Passenger Ships Alley
http://gdyniaturystyczna.pl/en/warto-zobaczyc/aleja-statkow-pasazerskich,33/

Cruise ships
http://gdyniaturystyczna.pl/en/warto-zobaczyc/statki-wycieczkowe,39/

general Gdynia info for tourists...
http://gdyniaturystyczna.pl/en/

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new opportunity...

...if you happen to be in Gdansk, Poland during forthcoming weekend, you may wish to board Scandinavia ferry (usually serving the route to Nynashamn) for three hours for a short trip onto Gdansk Bay to watch sailing ships parade (event of the Baltic Sail Gdansk); trip on July 10, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., embarkation: 1:30 p.m.; tickets, schedule info: http://www.polferries.pl/en/about_us/baltic_sail
...expected / probable line-up of ships to take part in parade includes:  Bounty replica, Baltic Beauty, Anna af Sand, Shtandart (however the latter may not appear in Gdansk, as it has recently experienced some tchnical problems - see http://www.balticsail.pl/zaglowce.html)