Team Lines to launch services to DCT Gdansk28.05.2007 DCT Gdansk - Poland's newest container terminal currently under construction - has signed an agreement with Team Lines, the major operator o feeder services in the Baltic Sea. Under the agreement, the shipowner will launch regular services to the terminal, which will enable the handling of increasingly growing cargo volumes and satisfy the forwarders' expectations. "While delivering on our promise to provide a state-of-the-art deepwater container terminal on the Baltic Sea in a timely manner and within the adopted budget, we are very pleased that Team Lines have decided to start cooperation with us." - commented Colin Chanter, CEO of the terminal. - "We are filled with faith to see that the shipowner with a stable position has recognized the benefits offered by DCT Gdansk, at such an early stage. We are very glad about our cooperation and I know that we will ensure providing adequate services for both the handling and the yard operations." DCT Gdansk will start its operation on 1 June, equipped with two post-Panamax (STS) ship-to-shore gantry cranes and three rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTG). The construction of a new road and a railway line connecting DCT Gdansk with the nationwide transport infrastructure have already been completed. By October 2007, the terminal will utilize three STS gantry cranes and five RTG cranes, which together with the suitable back-up yards and additional operational equipment will ensure an annual throughput capacity of 500,000 TEUs.
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