Posted on December, 4, 2024 at 07:29 am
Poland will construct a new port terminal at the northern Port of Gdansk by 2026 to strengthen the country’s grain shipment capabilities.
At a news conference announcing the project on Dec. 2, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the terminal would be owned by the government and support the nation’s food security with better control over grain imports and exports, TVP World reported.
Tusk said the grain terminal “will not only perform commercial functions but will be a safety device in the hands of the Polish state as part of protecting Polish interests and Polish farmers.”
The project will cost €117 million ($123.2 million), with operational capacity planned at 2 million tonnes in 2026 and increasing to 3 million tonnes in subsequent years, said Arkadiusz Marchewka, a deputy infrastructure minister.
The Port of Gdansk is the only Baltic port that supports direct container connections with China, and for Asia, the port is a marine gateway to markets in Central and Eastern Europe. In 2023, the port handled 3.1 million tonnes of grain, up from 1.9 million in 2022.
Source: World Grain