Advanced works on the Vistula Spit canal, meant to create a second link between the Vistula Lagoon and the Gulf of Gdańsk, removing the reliance on the Russian Strait of Baltiysk and saving a 100 km journey (28.10.2021)
Advanced works on the Vistula Spit canal, meant to create a second link between the Vistula Lagoon and the Gulf of Gdańsk, removing the reliance on the Russian Strait of Baltiysk and saving a 100 km journey (28.10.2021)
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>The Vistula Spit canal (official name Nowy Świat ship canal, Polish: Kanał żeglugowy Nowy Świat[1]) is a planned canal across the Polish section of the Vistula Spit that will create a second connection between the Vistula Lagoon and Gdańsk Bay. It will allow ships to enter the Vistula Lagoon and the port of Elbląg without having to rely on the Russian Strait of Baltiysk, saving a 100 km journey. The works started in February 2019. It is planned to be 1305 m in length and will allow ships of draft up to 4 m, length up to 100 m, and beam up to 20 m.[2] It is planned to be completed in 2022. [3]
>The planned canal location is between the villages of Skowronki and Przebrno.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vistula_Spit_canal
The picture is a frame from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJrBufC-WcA
Makes sense, I guess.
For those who does not know Polish geography, its basically cutting a line into the long thin point you see on the map before Kaliningrad. This concerns Russia because now NATO warships can enter the Vistula lagoon without having to pass the Russian Balytisk bay, removing the de facto ownership of the lagoon of Russia.