Port of Gdańsk explained

Port of Gdańsk
Country:	Poland
Location:	Gdańsk
Coordinates:	54.3933°N 18.67°W
Locode:	PLGDN^[1]
Operated:	Gdańsk Seaport Authority
Owner:	Government of Poland
Sizewater:	412.56ha
Sizeland:	653ha
Size:	1065.56ha
Cargotonnage:	(2023)^[2]
Containervolume:	(2023)
Passengertraffic:	(2023)
Website:	Port of Gdańsk

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.

Inner Port

• Port of Gdańsk Cargo Logistics S.A. - universal port operator providing handling and storage services for bulk and general cargo
• Gdańsk Container Terminal – providing feeder services
• Ferry terminals
  • Polferries
  • Westerplatte
• Phosphates terminal
• Liquid and bulk sulphur terminal
• Fruit handling terminal in the Port Free Zone

The Port of Gdańsk has 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.

Exterior — Northern Port

Northern Port is located directly in the water basins of Gdańsk Bay. The largest vessels with a capacity of up to 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
• Deepwater Container Terminal

Statistics

!Year!Cargo tons!Containers TEU!Containers tons!Passengers

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2023

See also

• Gdańsk Shipyard
• Ports of the Baltic Sea

References

1. Web site: UNLOCODE (Pl) - POLAND . service.unece.org . 26 April 2020.
2. Web site: Facts and figures . 2024-03-10 . Port of Gdansk.

External links

• Port of Gdańsk website
• AIS live vessel traffic in Port of Gdańsk
  • Google Earth plugin

54.3806°N 18.6583°W