Published in 1997. In this volume, the focus of attention is upon the marketplace changes that have, and continue to take place in the region, concentrating in particular upon the shipping and ports sectors but with coverage also of safety issues and those stemming from the development of new infrastructure links in the region.

Introduction, Michael Roe; The Basic Assumptions and Realisation of the Polish Economic Reconstruction Programme, Krzysztof Dobrowolski and Janusz Zurek; Privatisation of State Owned Enterprises in Poland’s Economy, Krzysztof Dobrowolski; System Transformation in Poland’s Seaports, Konrad Misztal; The Privatisation of Polish Shipping, Present Situation and Development, Maciej Krzyzanowski and E. Skurewicz; Poland in the Southern Baltic Transit Market, Krystyna Wasilewska; The Influence of Changes in East European Countries Upon Their Merchant Fleets, Tadeusz Lodykowski; The Impact of Poland’s Political and Economic Changes Upon the Shipping Sector, Michal Rosa; The Place of Polish Seaports in the Baltic Sea Basin, Konrad Misztal; Liability, Conventions, Classifications Societies and Safety in the Baltic – A Case Study of the Estonia, Chris Dent and Michael Roe; Shipping and the Baltic Mental Trades, Kevin Cullinane and Marius Rostock Olsen.