A new business partner for the port of Gdansk
The Port of Gdansk Authority SA has selected the winner of the tender for a lease of the land stretching along the Wislane Quay (the decision still pending approval of the Supervisory Board), PGA release says. On an area of 1.7 hectares, a terminal will be built by "Noba Poland Real Estate" owned by the Dutch Company "NOBA" BV. The company has more than 60 years of experience in production, processing, storage and distribution of vegetable oils, fatty acids, lecithins and other products obtained from the edible oils refining process.
At a cost of ca. 7 million euros, "NOBA" is going to provide ten tanks with a total capacity of 11.5 thou. tonnes, together with berths for ship-to-shore handling operations and shipping dispatch of tanker lorries loaded from tanks. Within 12 months, the infrastructure will be put in place, with an annual handling capacity of 80 thou. tonnes of fatty products shipped onboard modern tankers.
The recipients of "NOBA" BV products include fodder manufacturers in eight European countries. The innovative technology of blending a variety of fatty acids makes it possible for the company to acquire raw material also in Asia and South America. The majority of "NOBA" products is manufactured in Amsterdam at their own quay in one of the Europe's biggest terminals suited to handling fats, using their own fleet of several dozens of specialized tanker lorries. Also in Gdansk, "NOBA" is going to build a laboratory that will guarantee the distribution of high quality products on the Polish market and in the neighboring countries. The so-called "green technology" will provide farmers with high-energy mixtures of fats required for the rational feeding of animals and custom-made to suit individual needs.
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).
