The largest deep-sea container terminal in Gdansk, Poland has announced it will start construction for their second terminal in the second half of 2014 with a completion date of 2016.
The new terminal will add 1 million TEU to the current annual capacity of 1.5 million TEU. Costs for the second terminal are around EURO 300 million and will help to overcome capacity constraints at the terminal, which in turn will help to expand the client base of DCT Gdansk.
The project’s transition impact stems from increased competition through the extension of the most competitive infrastructure gateway for inter-continental deep-sea container traffic to Poland and the region. The expansion project will not only increase the capacity for deep-sea containers, but will also lead to the extension of competitive trans-shipment market.
DCT operates Poland’s largest and most modern container terminal. In 2004 the Company started the construction of the first deep water container terminal in Poland, which has a capacity of 1.5 million TEU. The world’s largest container ship, the Maersk McKinney-Moller, began regular calls to DCT Gdansk in August 2013. As a result the terminal is now fully operational running at nearly full capacity, which leads to the decision to increase its handling facility.