Port of Gdańsk
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The Port of Gdańsk is a seaport located on the southern coast of Gdańsk Bay, extending along Vistula estuary (Martwa Wisła), Port Channel and Kashubia Canal. It is one of the largest seaports on the Baltic Sea.
The Port of Gdańsk is divided into two parts, the Inner and Exterior Port.
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[edit] Inner Port
- Gdansk Container Terminal – providing feeder services
- Ferry terminals
- Polferries
- Westerplatte
- Phosphates terminal
- Liquid and bulk sulphur terminal
- Fruit handling terminal in the Port Free Zone
In the Port of Gdańsk is specialized cargo handling equipment and port infrastructure, enabling among others the handling of grain, fertilizers, lumber, ore, steel and containers, as well as ro-ro vessel servicing.
[edit] Exterior — Northern Port
Northern Port is located directly in the water basins of Gdańsk Bay. The largest vessels with a capacity of up to 300000 DWT and draft to 15 m that enter the Baltic Sea can be serviced here.
- Coal terminal
- Naftoport — crude oil, heating oils, fuels terminal
- LPG terminal
[edit] Trans-shipments
- 1978 – 27,7 million ton record
- 2000 – 16,5 million ton
- 2001 – 17,8 million ton
- 2002 – 17,4 million ton
- 2003 – 21,3 million ton
- 2004 – 23,3 million ton
