Port of Gdansk (Poland) throughput up 28% to 36.4 million tonnes in January-September 2018

In January-September 2018, Port of Gdansk (Poland) handled 36.404 million tonnes of cargo (+28%, year-on-year), the stevedoring company says.

Transshipment of grain totaled 387,524 tonnes, general cargo and timber – 16,205,269 tonnes, other bulk cargo (aggregates, sulphur, ore) – 2,727,887 tonnes, coal – 5,426,616 tonnes, liquid fuel – 11,656,747 tonnes.

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 2017, the port handled 40,613,784 tonnes of cargo.