The Polish Infrastructure Minister signed a regulation on 26 February 2026 (Dz.U. 2026 poz. 275) redrawing the official limits of Łeba harbour on the Baltic coast for the first time since 2015. The 153-point geodetic line, published on 5 March, enlarges the port land-and-sea jurisdiction to accommodate a planned cruise berth and marshalling yard for offshore-wind components. For global-mobility practitioners the change matters because customs, sanitary and border-police competences move with the new boundary. Foreign crew members joining wind-farm installation vessels will clear immigration inside the harbour instead of driving 90 km to Gdańsk.
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Global mobility teams looking for up-to-date visa guidance can streamline these new arrival formalities by using VisaHQ’s Poland portal (https://www.visahq.com/poland/), which offers real-time requirements, electronic application tools and concierge support for seafarers, engineers and cruise passengers heading to Łeba and other Polish ports.
Tour-operators arranging Scandinavian cruise turn-arounds in Łeba can now badge the port as an official Schengen external border point, enabling direct calls from non-EU flagged ships without intermediate stops. The expansion also paves the way for Poland’s electronic Single Window port community system to be rolled out in Łeba by Q2 2027, meaning digital crew lists and passenger manifests will replace current paper procedures. Companies relocating engineers for the Baltic Power and FEW Baltic II projects should update A1 and residence-permit filing instructions to reflect the port’s new address code (PLLEB-02). While the regulation enters into force on 19 March 2026, authorities stress that existing ISPS access-control passes remain valid until re-badging in June. Logistics providers are advised to review shore-leave policies, as the controlled area now reaches further into the town’s marina district. The move is part of a broader government strategy to triple Poland’s cruise throughput to 750,000 passengers by 2030 and position Łeba as a satellite support port to Gdynia. Source: Journal of Laws, Regulation of 26 Feb 2026
Global mobility teams looking for up-to-date visa guidance can streamline these new arrival formalities by using VisaHQ’s Poland portal (https://www.visahq.com/poland/), which offers real-time requirements, electronic application tools and concierge support for seafarers, engineers and cruise passengers heading to Łeba and other Polish ports.
Tour-operators arranging Scandinavian cruise turn-arounds in Łeba can now badge the port as an official Schengen external border point, enabling direct calls from non-EU flagged ships without intermediate stops. The expansion also paves the way for Poland’s electronic Single Window port community system to be rolled out in Łeba by Q2 2027, meaning digital crew lists and passenger manifests will replace current paper procedures. Companies relocating engineers for the Baltic Power and FEW Baltic II projects should update A1 and residence-permit filing instructions to reflect the port’s new address code (PLLEB-02). While the regulation enters into force on 19 March 2026, authorities stress that existing ISPS access-control passes remain valid until re-badging in June. Logistics providers are advised to review shore-leave policies, as the controlled area now reaches further into the town’s marina district. The move is part of a broader government strategy to triple Poland’s cruise throughput to 750,000 passengers by 2030 and position Łeba as a satellite support port to Gdynia. Source: Journal of Laws, Regulation of 26 Feb 2026
