Słupia-2025: Port of Ustka tests operational readiness in joint maritime security exercise

The Port of Ustka became the center of a large-scale interagency defense drill under the codename “Słupia-2025”, designed to assess crisis response capabilities and verify coordination procedures between maritime and land-based emergency services.

10 october 2025   |   22:00   |   Source: Gazeta Morska   |   Prepared by: Kamil Kusier   |   Print

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Upon the activation of alarm sirens, Port Authority units, the Polish Armed Forces, Police, State Fire Service, Border Guard, maritime rescue teams (SAR), and medical emergency services were deployed according to pre-defined operational protocols. The exercise scenario was executed in real port conditions to ensure maximum realism.

- The drill covered multiple high-risk scenarios, including a simulated terrorist attack on a floating unit and potential explosive device detection within the port basin. A key operational segment involved joint SAR procedures with live-water extraction of casualties, said Jakub Bagiński, Press Officer of the Municipal Police Headquarters in Słupsk.

Regional ports gain strategic weight

Although Ustka is traditionally classified as a fishing and tourism-oriented port, it has been increasingly recognized as regional maritime infrastructure of strategic significance for the Central Pomeranian coast. In this context, the location is now being used as a test ground for hybrid threat response and critical infrastructure protection drills.

Local government representatives, present at the exercise as observers, emphasized the importance of continuous interoperability training between civilian port services and uniformed defense structures.

Unified protocols — shared responsibility

The “Słupia-2025” drill followed a civil defense and population protection briefing, held one day earlier in Ustka. The briefing gathered maritime security officers, local administration, and port infrastructure managers to discuss resilience models for coastal assets in crisis scenarios.

The event was coordinated by the Słupsk County Authority, and the exercise has been regarded as a step forward in standardizing emergency response procedures for small and mid-scale ports.

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