Port of Gdansk throughput down 1.6% to 14.95 mln t in Jan-May'17

In January-May 2017, Port of Gdansk (Poland) handled 14,953,218 t of cargo (-1.6%, year-on-year), the stevedoring company says.

Transshipment of grain totaled 480,879 t, general cargo and timber – 6,450,212 t, other bulk cargo (aggregates, sulphur, ore) – 1,365,551 t, coal – 1,569,170 t, liquid fuel – 5,087,406 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 2016, the port handled 37,288,969 t of cargo.