Port of Gdansk announces it is fully operational
Port of Gdansk has released a statement to let the industry know that it is “focussed on safety” but remains fully operational.
The statement read: “At the moment, cargo handling in the port is carried out smoothly, with proper caution and care for the safety and health of port employees.”
It said that in what it described as “these difficult moments” it is focussed on safety, “and that’s why we have decided to provide the highest possible protection of employees against the risk of COVID-19 infection.”
It has introduced remote work for the greatest possible number of employees. But for those still working in the office, it has installed dispensers with a disinfectant at the entrance to the building and in its passageways. Its employees have been provided with materials for disinfecting keyboards and phones. It has also taken care of shipyard workers, who are equipped with personal protective equipment (disinfection liquid).
More recently, it has decided to increase the frequency and precision of disinfection, especially in areas frequently touched: “We are in constant contact with the medical centre, which supports our company and we electronically transfer essential information related to the virus.”
It also uses a non-contact thermometer for temperature measurement.
The statement continued: “In order to combat coronavirus pandemic, the Port of Gdansk has implemented measures in line with the recommendations of the Chief Sanitary Inspector and the Director of Maritime Office in Gdynia.
The scope of personnel protection varies and depends on the needs of the operator. All crews of ships entering the port are subject to control carried out by the Border Guards and the temperature measured by the State Fire Service.”
Passenger information cards have been also introduced, which must be completed by each passenger of a ferry arriving to/departing the port of Gdansk and Gdynia.
Additionally, the Port of Gdansk Authority is in constant touch with the State Border Sanitary Inspector in Gdynia to monitor the epidemic situation in the Port of Gdansk.
For more information visit www.portgdansk.pl/en
30th March 2020
