Polish seaports in 2024. Record profits. Record container transshipments

By Marek Grzybowski

Polish seaports achieved record financial and operational results in 2024. The net profit of the largest Polish ports reached a total value of over PLN 551.7 million in 2024 and increased by 26% compared to 2023. The Port Authority in Gdańsk increased its profit by 24%, which is an increase of PLN 51.7 million. The Port Authority of Gdynia increased its profit by 32% and obtained an additional PLN 34.2 million. The Szczecin-Świnoujście Port Authority has a profit increase of 23%, which means an increase of PLN 27.3 million compared to the previous year.

– These are very good financial results, which show that rational management and professional staff bring measurable effects – said Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Arkadiusz Marchewka informing the Ministry of Infrastructure.

Minister of Infrastructure Dariusz Klimczak and Deputy Minister responsible for Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation Arkadiusz Marchewka informed about the economic results and transshipment of the main Polish Sea Ports. Information about planned investments was also given at a press conference.

Polish ports transhipped 125.7 million tonnes of cargo, a comparable amount to 2023 and more than 2022, excluding coal transhipment. About 10.5 million tons of coal were transhipped in bulk terminals in 2024. This is about half of what was transhipped in 2023.

 

Also noteworthy is the increase in container transshipment, which reached a record 3,270,784 TEU, which is an increase of over 9% compared to 2023. – These data clearly indicate that Polish ports have done a great job in carrying out transshipment, which is at a record level – added Deputy Minister A. Marchewka.

Minister of Infrastructure Dariusz Klimczak announced that the government will allocate a record amount of PLN 2 billion to support investments related to the development of the maritime economy in 2025 – informs GospdarkaMorska.pl. The Minister of Infrastructure informed about the four most important investments that are being carried out in Polish ports. The construction of the Deepwater Container Terminal has begun in Świnoujście. A grain terminal is being built in the Port of Gdańsk. The waterway for ships will be completed to the Port of Elbląg. Maritime infrastructure is being built for a nuclear power plant in Poland.

Port of Gdańsk – 9 new grain warehouses will be built, which will allow for a five-fold increase in storage capacity – up to 152 thousand tons per year. The value of the entire project is approx. PLN 400 million and will be implemented in 100% by the state-owned company – Port Gdański Eksploatacja (PGE). Thanks to the investment, the company’s transshipment capacity will ultimately increase from 0.7 million tons to 2.9 million tons per year. An important element of the investment plans is also the construction of infrastructure for the implementation of the FSRU regasification terminal in the port of Gdańsk.

The strategic undertaking is the construction of access infrastructure to the first nuclear power plant in Poland, which will be located on the Polish Coast in the Choczewo commune (200 km west of Gdańsk). In total, over PLN 4.7 billion has been planned for the implementation of all investments.

The Ministry of Infrastructure (through the Maritime Office in Gdynia) is implementing the construction of the Marine Off-Loading Facility (MOLF) – a marine structure enabling the unloading of heavy and oversized loads needed for the construction and operation of the power plant. The scope of works includes, among others, a kilometer-long jetty and a technical road.

Investments related to the construction of the nuclear power plant also include the modernization of the Wejherowo-Choczewo railway line and the construction of new sections of railway tracks that will connect the nuclear power plant with the existing railway infrastructure. The Lębork-Łeba railway line will be modernized. A new national road will be constructed, which will connect the power plant with the S6 road.

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