Poland’s Gdansk Port to treble capacity with new terminal

The construction of a second container terminal at Gdansk Port, Poland’s largest port, will begin this year, with the PLN1.2bn (US$371m) facility set to open in mid-2016.

The investment, which port operator, DCT Gdansk, are financing, will nearly treble capacity from 1.25m teu to 3.5m teu and the port will cover almost 30 ha.

Maersk has used Gdansk, which handled a record 30m tonnes of cargo in 2013, for seven years and managing director of Maersk Central Europe, Ingrid Uppelschoten-Snelderwaard, welcomed the development, saying: “”We intend to keep a strong presence in Gdansk.