 After World War II, no thorough modernization of Bydgoszcz Canal facilities have been performed, albeit it was at the time the second artificial waterway in economic terms (after the Gliwice Canal built in the 1930s) in the country.In 1972, of canal were covered and two locks were razed due to the extension of Marshal Ferdinand Foch Street.In 1951, the state-owned "Bydgoszcz Shipping company" () was established, managing inland ports located along the Vistula-Oder waterway