Deepwater Container Terminal Gdansk

DCT Gdańsk completes rail expansion

Deepwater Container Terminal Gdańsk (DCT), the Polish rail-based container terminal, has completed its rail expansion to an annual rail capacity of 750,000 TEU.

The rail terminal expansion, which started in 2018 and was completed in 2021, lengthened the tracks from 618 to 750 metres and extended the railway siding from 4 to 7 tracks, according to a statement.

In the meantime, the number of quay cranes on Terminal 2 has been increased to eight, the storage yard area has been expanded, and five...

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Bulk cargo compensates for dip in Gdansk box volumes

Container throughput at the Deepwater Container Terminal (DCT) Port of Gdansk in Poland has declined to 2018 levels as the economic crisis that has engulfed many regions in the wake of the global pandemic also hit Europe.

Volumes in the first 10 months of the 2020 at DCT reached 1.61 million TEU, compared to 1.745 million in the same period of 2019 and 1.61 million the year before.

Prior to this year’s economic travails DCT had recorded year-on-year growth for every year since its founding in...

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