Ports :Poland’s Port of Gdańsk, one of the biggest seaports in the Baltic Sea
The difference between the Port of Gdańsk and the Russian Port of St. Petersburg, the currently leading Baltic port, is only 122,000 TEUs, meaning that Gdansk is very close to achieving its goal
Poland’s Port of Gdańsk, one of the biggest seaports in the Baltic Sea, is preparing for an important milestone of becoming the busiest container port in the region.
As of now, the difference between the Port of Gdańsk and the Russian Port of St. Petersburg, the currently leading Baltic port, is only 122,000 TEUs, meaning that Gdansk is very close to achieving its goal.
“We expect the year 2020 to be of a historic essence for us, reaching 2,350,000 TEUs, a 10% increase compared to 2019,” Lukasz Greinke, CEO of the Port of Gdańsk Authority, said in an interview with World Maritime News.
“The huge impact on the projected increase is tied with the Euro Chain Train (ECT), which directly connects China with Gdańsk. Starting January 2020, Gdańsk will regularly receive regular railway services from Xi’an through Małaszewicze to Gdańsk.”
As of November 2019, the overall technical documentation for the Central Port has been completed. The Port of Gdańsk’s main focus at this stage is to acquire potential investors to operate in the Central Port. The port’s CEO informed that this year only, the Port of Gdańsk signed a number of agreements with different companies, such as Gdańsk Shipyard, expressing their interests in the investment.
Specifically, it will be possible for some of the four project stages to be carried out simultaneously. The first stage, ‘Stage 0’, is focused
on establishing the necessary base for the Central Port in the offshore part. This will also include completing the access and technical infrastructure.
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