Port of Gdynia to invest PLN 1 billion by 2020
PR dla Zagranicy
Victoria Bieniek
20.02.2018 12:30
The Port of Gdynia, northern Poland, is to invest a total of PLN 1 billion (EUR 240 million) by the end of 2020 in a series of projects aimed at expanding its operations, managers have said.
Port of Gdynia logo on its ferry terminal building. Photo: Paweł Kusiak/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Planned changes include the creation of a ferry terminal by 2021, deepening the port to 16 metres, widening the entrance to the port by 40 metres, and development of wharves.
Port of Gdynia CEO Adam Meller said that this heralds “a time of great investment and great changes" for the port.
The investment in the port’s facilities is happening as the government invests in local transport infrastructure, with two railway lines being expanded to give the port better links to urban areas.
Gdynia is one of the largest ports in Poland. In 2017 it handled a record 21.2 million tons of goods, making a net profit of PLN 77 million (EUR 19 million).
The port’s authorities have further ambitious projects in the pipeline and expect the port’s surface area to roughly double over the next decade. (sl/vb/pk)
Source: PAP