Last year, the result of transshipped containers in Polish ports was almost 3 million 300 thousand TEU.
Poland : By Marek Grzybowski
The T3 terminal in the Baltic Hub is an investment that will increase the capacity of the container terminal in the Port of Gdańsk in container transshipment by approx. 1.5 million TEU. The Baltic Hub can transship 4.5 million TEU from June 2025.
The launch ceremony of the T3 terminal
The launch ceremony of the T3 terminal was attended by the owners of the Baltic Hub – PSA, the Polish Development Fund and the IFM Global Infrastructure Fund. Representatives of the central authorities, Deputy Minister Arkadiusz Marchewka, former authorities of the ports in Gdańsk and Gdynia, representatives of local governments. Former contractors of the T3 Terminal, representatives of the Budimeks and DEME companies. Former business partners of the Baltic Hub and industry organizations, including the Baltic Sea and Space Cluster.
ِA window to global maritime transport
Poland’s area has increased by 36 hectares, but this is not an ordinary land. This is a place of dynamic development of our country. When we laid the cornerstone here a year ago, I said that this is a window to global maritime transport and I still stand by these words. We have evidence of this, the Port of Gdansk and the Baltic Hub is an increasingly stronger place that integrates Poland with global trade – emphasized Arkadiusz Marchewka.
An absolute record in the history of Poland and the Baltic Hub
Last year, the result of transhipped containers in Polish ports was almost 3 million 300 thousand TEU. This is an absolute record in the history of Poland and the Baltic Hub has a significant share in this. What’s more, the latest data show that in 2024 the value of customs duties, excise duties, VAT taxes charged here is almost PLN 56 billion, which is one billion more than a year earlier. These are not ordinary numbers. This is proof that Polish ports and the Polish maritime economy are developing very dynamically and we want this development to be even faster – he added.
Attendees of the ceremonial launch
The ceremonial launch of the BALTIC HUB T3 terminal was attended by: Jan van Mossevelde – President of Baltic Hub; Krzysztof Perdzyński – Financial Director of Baltic Hub; Ross Clark – Operations Director of Baltic Hub; Ong Kim Pong – CEO of Grupa PSA International; Marcin A. Piasecki – Executive Director of IFM Investors and member of the Supervisory Board of Baltic Hub; Arkadiusz Marchewka – Secretary of State in the Ministry of Infrastructure; members of parliament
Official executive figures
Beata Rutkiewicz – Pomeranian Voivode; Emil Rojek – Deputy Pomeranian Voivode; Marcin Skwierawski – Vice-Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship; Aleksandra Dulkiewicz – President of the City of Gdańsk; Michał Banacki – Deputy President of the City of Sopot; Dorota Pyć – President of the Port of Gdańsk Authority; Alan Aleksandrowicz – Vice-President of the Port of Gdańsk Authority for Financial and Security;
Other important figures are attending.
Krzysztof Kaczmarek – Vice-President of the Port of Gdańsk Authority for Infrastructure; Anna Stelmaszyk-Świerczyńska – Director of the Maritime Office in Gdynia; Barbara Olczyk – deputy director of the Maritime Office in Gdynia; Andrzej Ryński – director of the Regional Water Management Board in Gdańsk – Polish Water Management Company; Jolanta Gruszecka-Paluch – head of the Pomeranian Customs and Revenue Office in Gdynia, Rafał Szramka – deputy head of the Pomeranian Customs and Revenue Office: Customs and Border Division; Czesław Kalinowski – director of the Tax Administration Chamber in Gdańsk; Cezary Łysenko – member of the management board of Budimex S.A.; Piotr Matczuk – president of the management board of PFR – Polish Development Fund.
Opening this T3 terminal : A good investment
Prof. Marek Grzybowski – chairman of the Polish Nautical Society, president of the Baltic Maritime and Space Cluster said: opening this T3 terminal today is exceptionally timely and a good investment because the European Union, including Poland, will certainly continue to benefit from good supply chains and will increasingly cooperate with the world. Our chance is that if we have terminals such as the Baltic Hub, we should develop pro-export and re-export production, and not only produce for the Polish or European market, or import consumer products. We need to import products for consumption production, process them, refine them and export them, just like the fishing industry or the yacht construction industry, the Polish specialist ship construction industry, the space industry does.
Re-export industries
– These industries are re-export industries. We do not rely on our own raw materials, we import raw materials and components from all over the world and re-export them, just like the fishing industry, the yacht building industry and the space industry, which in many cases also rely on components from abroad. We must do the same in other types of industry, taking advantage of the fact that the Baltic Hub has developed and expanded and that a container terminal will soon be built in Świnoujście and an external container terminal will be built in Gdynia – said Prof. Marek Grzybowski – chairman of the Polish Nautical Society, president of the Baltic Maritime and Space Cluster.
T3 at the Baltic Hub
– On behalf of the Port of Gdansk Authority, first of all, I would like to thank everyone who is creating this investment, which is T3 at the Baltic Hub – said Dorota Pyć – President of the Port of Gdansk Authority. I would also like to thank you for all the enormous work you have put into it over 20 years. The work began in 2005. On June 1, 2025, the Baltic Hub will be 18 years old. We are perceived very well in the world – she added.
Terminal T3 is located on a 36-hectare area and is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2025. Thanks to its launch, the annual transshipment capacity of Baltic Hub will increase from 3 to 4.5 million TEU, which will place the Gdańsk port among the largest container terminals in Europe. Key infrastructure includes a 717-meter-long quay with a depth of 17.5 meters, enabling the handling of the largest container ships in the world.
Port of Gdansk. Baltic Hub. T3 Terminal 1.5 thousand TEU is open
