Throughput of port Gdansk (Poland) up 22% to 22.396 mln t Jan-Sep’13

In January-September 2013, the Port of Gdansk (Poland) handled 22,396,344 tonnes of cargo (+22%, year-on-year), the company states.

Transshipment of grain surged by 61% to 993,039 t, general cargo and timber climbed by 19% to 7,888,487 t, other bulk cargo (aggregates, sulphur, ore) dropped by 44.9% to 1,965,590 t, coal transshipment boosted 3 times to 3,695,485 t, transshipment of liquid fuel climbed by 23.9% to 7,853,743 t.

The port of Gdansk is a major international transportation hub situated in the central part of the southern Baltic coast. Besides handling bulk cargoes (oil, coal, metal ores) the port provides a number of line services linking it with the ports of the Baltic Sea and Western Europe (primarily ferry, construction and ro-ro lines). In 2012, the Port of Gdansk handled 26,898,136 tonnes of cargo.