Port of Gdansk throughput up 2% to 28.4 mln t in Jan-Sep'17

In January-September 2017, Port of Gdansk (Poland) handled 28,442,570 t of cargo (+2%, year-on-year), the stevedoring company says.

Transshipment of grain totaled 604,722 t, general cargo and timber – 12,770,920 t, other bulk cargo (aggregates, sulphur, ore) – 2,659,913 t, coal – 3,344,443 t, liquid fuel – 9,063,400 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.