The project to expand Naftoport in the Port of Gdańsk enters its next phase
On 28 October 2025, the Naftoport Shareholders’ Meeting decided that the Company, together with the Port of Gdańsk Authority S.A., would proceed to the implementation stage of the investment project, which involves the construction of a new, sixth cargo handling station ‘W’. This is the next stage, after obtaining a construction permit, in the implementation of the fuel terminal cargo handling infrastructure development project, which is to increase the capacity for handling petroleum products at the Port of Gdańsk.
The construction of ‘W’ station includes the creation of a new quay, pipe flyovers, access roads, technical infrastructure and environmental protection systems. It is to be the second station in Naftoport adapted to handle the world’s largest tankers – VLCCs (Very Large Crude Carriers), with a length of over 300 metres and a draught of up to 15–17 metres. The cargo handling capacity of the new facility is approximately 9 million tonnes per year.
The new cargo handling station is expected to increase the terminal’s annual operational capacity to 49 million tonnes of liquid fuels. This is a significant increase compared to the current capacity and confirms the growing role of the Port of Gdańsk as the energy hub of Central and Eastern Europe.
An investment of strategic importance
The expansion of the terminal is not only going to increase the cargo handling capacity, but also strengthen the resilience of the Polish energy system to geopolitical unrest.
‘The strategic objective of the investment is to ensure the operational and business continuity of Naftoport, the long-term security of the company’s terminal operations and, consequently, to increase national energy security’, emphasises Daniel Betke, president of Naftoport. Due to its exclusivity in handling maritime crude oil deliveries, the Naftoport terminal is a key link in the proper functioning of the oil logistics and refinery production system. The construction of the “W” station is the next challenge our organisation has to face. I am convinced that with our joint efforts and professionalism, we can achieve the expected results’.
The Port of Gdańsk as the region’s energy hub
Naftoport is a key energy infrastructure facility in Poland, which makes it possible to import crude oil and liquid fuels by sea and supplies refineries in Gdańsk, Płock and eastern Germany.
The construction of the ‘W’ station will make it possible to further diversify the directions of raw material supplies and ensure stable deliveries to refineries in the region.
‘When the liquid fuel base in the North Port – now Naftoport – was put into operation in July 1975, no one expected how much this infrastructure would grow. At that time, the introduction of tankers, known as Baltimaxes, to the North Port was a great achievement. Today, Naftoport is visited by the world’s largest tankers, with a tonnage three times higher than that of Baltimaxes’, notes Dorota Pyć, president of the Port of Gdańsk. ‘The “W” station will reinforce the role of the Port of Gdańsk as the region’s energy hub. It also fits in with the strategic objectives of NATO and the European Union in terms of key infrastructure development and energy independence’.
Construction is expected to last until the second half of 2028, and the contract with the general contractor is scheduled to be signed in November this year.
