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Port of Gdańsk Authority SA has submitted an application to the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) for co-financing of the project titled: “Improving Access to the Port of Gdańsk - Modernisation of Waterway 2", within the framework of the CEF 2. This investment includes the development of four more Inner Harbour wharves, with a total length of 1,916 meters, along with rail infrastructure. Wiślane and Bytomskie Quays are located along the Port Channel, while Rudowe III and partially Węglowe Quays are located in the Górniczy Basin. The project has all necessary documents: design, environmental, as well as approvals and permits. Completion of the project evaluation process by CINEA is expected in June 2022. The total value of the project is approximately PLN 533 million, of which EU funding, at 85 percent of the cost, will account for just over PLN 453 million. The planned investment period is 2022-2026. The project will contribute to an increase in the competitiveness of the Port of Gdańsk, strengthening of the direct shipment potential, and increasing of the throughput. Thanks to this investment, the quality and standard of ship handling as well as working conditions will be improved. Mooring line lengths will be increased and shorelines will be adjusted to accommodate vessels with maximum allowable drafts so they can safely navigate the Harbour Channel.

In the second half of 2022, DCT Gdańsk of the PSA Group, operator of the largest container terminal in the Baltic Sea, will begin the construction of the third deepwater terminal Baltic Hub 3. T3 will be created by land reclamation of the marine area within the administrative boundaries of the port. The new quay will be 717 m long, 18 m deep, and the storage yard will have an area of 36 ha. The investment, which is worth about PLN 2 billion, will increase the handling capacity of DCT by 1.5 million TEU (from 3 to 4.5 million TEU per year). In addition, Baltic Hub 3 project will involve the purchase of 7 quay cranes able to load and unload the world largest vessels and 20 automated RMG cranes for the yard, which will be remotely operated by equipment operators from ergonomically designed work spaces. This will allow a much safer, modern and convenient working environment to be maintained all year round. The new terminal is expected to be operational by mid-2024. Upon completion of Baltic Hub 3, DCT Gdańsk will become one of the largest container terminals in Europe in terms of handling capacity/ DCT Gdańsk is the biggest container terminal in the Baltic Sea. Since the launch of its operation in 2007, two deep-water terminals have been built (T1 and T2 - launched in 2007 and 2016 respectively) with a total capacity of 3 million TEUs. The terminal handles over 600 ships annually, including 100 calls of the largest container ships in the world.

The Port of Gdańsk concentrates its investments on the creation of the rail and road connections with handling terminals located in the Outer Port. The project co-financed by the European Union covered four tasks: the extension of the communication infrastructure, extension of access to the Deepwater Container Terminal (the largest in the Baltic Sea), reconstruction of Budowniczych Portu Północnego street and construction of a parking lot for trucks. A total of 7.2 km of roads, 10 km of new tracks and seven engineering structures were built or rebuilt. This undertaking is one of the largest road and rail investments carried out by ZMPG S.A. It covered not only the modernisation of the existing infrastructural objects, but also the construction of new ones aimed at the improvement of road and railway accessibility to individual bases and terminals located in the deepwater part of the port.

It is one of the most important investment projects carried out by the Management Board of Port of Gdańsk Authority S.A. Due to this undertaking, the port canal will be widened and deepened, which will allow a greater range of vessels to access the Inner Port and ensure safe navigation conditions. The extension of the quays will result, for example, in the extension of their berthing lines and the improvement of technical parameters. This long-term investment covers the following quays: Oliwskie, Ziółkowskiego, Obrońców Poczty Polskiej, Mew, Zbożowe, Wisłoujście and Dworzec Drzewny quays, and sections of these quays: Wiślane, Szczecińskie and BON quays, with a total length of almost 5 km, and 7-kilometre fairway of the Inner Port. The reconstruction of the Dworzec Drzewny Quay will allow its inclusion to the operation and make it universal, whereas thanks to the modernisation of the fairway, the maximum draft of ships entering the inner port will increase. The port canal will handle vessels with lengths of up to 250 m, widths up to 35 m and drafts up to 10.6 m, while the Kashubian Canal will ultimately handle ships with lengths of up to 190 m, widths up to 25 m, and drafts up to 9.35 m.

Central Port is a project of the development of the next deepwater part of the port in the direction of the waters of Gdańsk Bay, which is to be one of key investments in the area of the Polish marine economy. The value of this many years’ project is estimated at approx. PLN 12 billion. Due to it, the Port of Gdańsk has a chance to become an intermodal transport connection, playing a role of a hub in the Baltic Sea basin and a distribution and logistic centre for Central and Eastern Europe. Pursuant to the conceptual assumptions, it is to play a role of the first-choice port for global business partners, ensuring convenient access for the largest ships. Due to the fact that the investment projects of the Port of Gdańsk exhaust land possibilities of the quayside infrastructure spatial development along the shoreline, the Port develops its plans towards the waters of Gdańsk Bay. The Central Port is a project of building structures in the basin and piers in the deepwater part of the port, with an area of approx. 410 ha. This project includes the construction of several terminals, for example container, ro-ro, chemical, LNG, cereal, passenger and cruise terminals. The final shape of the Central Port will depend on needs of investors, i.e. operators of the port premises.