Throughput of port Gdansk (Poland) up 5.7% to 20.389 mln t in Jan-Aug’14
In January-August 2014, the port of Gdansk (Poland) handled 20,389,601 t of cargo (+5.7%, year-on-year), the stevedoring company says.
Transshipment of grain climbed by 25.8% to 1,037,251 t, general cargo and timber – by 6% to 7,429,415 t, other bulk cargo (aggregates, sulphur, ore) – up 37.3% to 2,502,119 t, coal transshipment fell 1.5 times to 2,115,580 t, transshipment of liquid fuel increased by 15% to 7,305,236 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 2013, the port handled 30,259,295 t of cargo.