Record - breaking volumes handled at the Gdansk Container Terminal

26.07.2004

In autumn this year, the Port of Gdansk will see the commence of construction work on the biggest deepsea container terminal. In line with the outlook held by the British developer DCT - already in phase I, its handling capacity will total 500 thou. TEU. What purpose, given the circumstances, will be there to fulfil for the Gdansk Container Terminal that has been operating since autumn 1998?

- We will play a complementary role towards the DCT Terminal - says the President of the Gdansk Container Terminal Krystian Klein. While focused on the handling of specialist cargoes and specialist shipowners, we are going to pursue the hitherto-adopted trends in our market-related activity. Our intention is to continue rendering high-quality services to ensure full satisfaction of our business partners, thus maintaining a customer-friendly port profile towards our present, as well as prospective clients.

In support of the fact that the above is true to life when it comes to how the Gdansk Container Terminal is perceived by its business partners, is the dynamic growth in container handling at the Szczecinskie Quay operated by the Gdansk Container Terminal. On Monday July 26 this year, handled were two container carriers "Neva" and "Petsamo" that in total handled over 280 TEU. This indicates that by July 26, the amount of volume handled exceeded the figures recorded for the whole year 2003 (19,855 TEU).

Tuesday July 27 this year will see the handling of the container ship "Maryam" operated by the shipowner of Kursiu Line, which will bring another 122 TEU and enable the Gdansk Container Terminal exceed the barrier of 20 thou. TEU. This, on the other hand, adds to the fact that still in July the Szczecinskie Quay at the Gdansk Container Terminal will beat a previous record volume set in 2001 when 20,476 TEU were handled.

- This results from the dynamic marketing that we have been implementing for some time now - emphasizes K. Klein. Our straightforward connections with forwarders or cargo suppliers bring the anticipated results. We had already awaited the effects last year, though as it happened, the dynamic progress in terms of container handling was not to be seen until the year 2004.

It seems difficult to point out the prevailing cargoes carried within containers, as their diversity range appears most impressive. However, having carried out the analysis for the first half-year, it is worthwhile to highlight that 60% of those containers account for export handling, whilst 40% - for import.