Gdansk Container Port Second Terminal Expansion

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DCT Gdansk started operations in 2007, with one deep-water berth equipped with three Ship-to-Shore (STS) cranes and a total annual capacity of 500 000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent). In 10 years the terminal has grown 6-fold as at the end of 2016 Terminal 2 opened, lifting total capacity to 3 million TEU, making the facility the largest in the Baltic Sea.Today DCT Gdansk has 1.3km of deep-water quay-line, eleven STS cranes, and handles over 460 vessels per year, including over 100 direct calls from Asia by the largest container vessels in the world.A expansion programmed, announced in October 2017, will include:On the berth it will include two new STS cranes, which will be supported by 5 more RTGs and additional yard area.The gate complex will be fully optimized and automated.A significant upgrade in rail capacity, with a fifty-percent increase in rail lines to six sidings, all of which will be extended to 750m – currently the longest possible in Europe.