Port of Gdańsk

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Aerial view of the port, with Westerplatte peninsula in the center, the Inner Port stradling the Martwa Wisła (Dead Vistula) harbor channel, and the Northern Port extending out at sea in the background
Aerial view of the port, with Westerplatte peninsula in the center, the Inner Port stradling the Martwa Wisła (Dead Vistula) harbor channel, and the Northern Port extending out at sea in the background
Entrance to the Inner Port
Entrance to the Inner Port

The Port of Gdańsk is a seaport located on the southern coast of Gdańsk Bay in the city of Gdańsk, extending along the Vistula estuary Martwa Wisła (Dead Vistula), Port Channel and Kashubia Canal. It is one of the largest seaports on the Baltic Sea.

The Port of Gdańsk is divided into two parts, the Inner and Exterior Port.

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[edit] Inner Port

  • Gdansk Container Terminal – providing feeder services
  • Ferry terminals
    • Polferries
    • Westerplatte
  • Phosphates terminal
  • Liquid and bulk sulphur terminal
  • Fruit handling terminal in the Port Free Zone

In the Port of Gdańsk is specialized cargo handling equipment and port infrastructure, enabling among others the handling of grain, fertilizers, lumber, ore, steel and containers, as well as ro-ro vessel servicing.

[edit] Exterior — Northern Port

Northern Port is located directly in the water basins of Gdańsk Bay. The largest vessels with a capacity of up to 300000 metric tons of deadweight (DWT) and draft to 15 m that enter the Baltic Sea can be serviced here.

  • Coal terminal
  • Naftoport — crude oil, heating oils, fuels terminal
  • LPG terminal

[edit] Trans-shipments

  • 1978 – 27,7 million ton record
  • 2000 – 16,5 million ton
  • 2001 – 17,8 million ton
  • 2002 – 17,4 million ton
  • 2003 – 21,3 million ton
  • 2004 – 23,3 million ton

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