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Port of Gdańsk

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Ships docked at the port of Gdańsk, Poland.

The Port of Gdańsk is a big place where ships come and go, located on the southern coast of Gdańsk Bay in the city of Gdańsk. It stretches along the Vistula River, including areas like Martwa Wisła, the Port Channel, and the Kashubia Canal. This port is very important because it is one of the largest places for ships to stop in the Baltic Sea.

The Port of Gdańsk is split into two main parts: the Inner Port and the Exterior Port. These two parts help the city handle many ships and goods every year.

Inner Port

The Inner Port of Gdańsk is part of the big Port of Gdańsk. It has many places where different things can be loaded and unloaded from ships. Some of these places include spots for handling fruit, liquids, and special materials like phosphates.

The port has special machines and tools to help move many types of goods, such as grain, wood, metal, and containers, as well as ships that can carry cars and other vehicles.

Exterior — Northern Port

The Northern Port is right in the water of Gdańsk Bay. It can handle very large ships, up to 300,000 tonnes, that come into the Baltic Sea.

DCT Gdańsk - December 2011

The Baltic Hub Container Terminal is in the northern part. It opened on 1 October 2007 and is Poland's biggest place for moving containers between ships. It helps move goods for Saint Petersburg and other ports in the Baltic Sea region. After updates in 2025, it can handle 4,500,000 TEU.

Some of the biggest container ships in the world started visiting Gdańsk in 2011. In June 2011, the terminal moved its first one millionth container. In July 2011, a new tool called E-SMART was added to help with shipping. Maersk was the first shipping line to connect the Far East directly to the Baltic region.

Statistics

YearCargo tonsContainers TEUContainers tonsPassengers
2010Increase 27,200,000Increase 512,000Increase 4,900,000Increase 164,000
2011Decrease 25,300,000Increase 686,000Increase 6,100,000Decrease 155,000
2012Increase 26,900,000Increase 929,000Increase 7,600,000Decrease 150,000
2013Increase 30,300,000Increase 1,178,000Increase 9,700,000Decrease 136,000
2014Increase 32,300,000Increase 1,212,000Increase 10,400,000Increase 138,000
2015Increase 35,900,000Decrease 1,091,000Increase 10,700,000Decrease 118,000
2016Increase 37,300,000Increase 1,299,000Increase 13,400,000Decrease 117,000
2017Increase 40,600,000Increase 1,581,000Increase 16,400,000Increase 137,000
2018Increase 49,000,000Increase 1,949,000Increase 19,900,000Increase 148,000
2019Increase 52,200,000Increase 2,073,000Increase 20,900,000Increase 189,000
2020Decrease 48,000,000Decrease 1,924,000Decrease 20,000,000Decrease 149,000
2021Increase 53,200,000Increase 2,118,000Increase 20,600,000Increase 164,000
2022Increase 68,200,000Decrease 2,072,000Decrease 20,000,000Increase 195,000
2023Increase 81,000,000Decrease 2,050,000Increase 20,500,000Decrease 159,000
2024Decrease 77,400,000Increase 2,249,000Increase 20,700,000Increase 166,000
2025Decrease 80,400,000Increase 2,769,000Increase 24,400,000Increase 171,000

Images

A view of the Port of Gdańsk showing the waterfront, canal, and wharf area.
A view of the Port of Gdansk from the mast of the ship Fryderyk Chopin, showing docks and granaries along the waterfront.
The ship Pleiades Spirit sailing out of the port in Gdańsk, Poland.
The Gdańsk Shipyard, a famous industrial site in Poland where ships were built.

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