Port of Gdańsk

The Port of Gdańsk is a seaport located on the southern coast of Gdańsk Bay in the city of Gdańsk, extending along the Vistula estuary Martwa Wisła (Dead Vistula), Port Channel and Kashubia Canal. It is one of the largest seaports on the Baltic Sea.

The Port of Gdańsk is divided into two parts, the Inner and Exterior Port.

Inner Port

*Gdansk Container Terminal – providing feeder services
*Ferry terminals
**Polferries
**Westerplatte
*Phosphates terminal
*Liquid and bulk sulphur terminal
*Fruit handling terminal in the Port Free Zone

In the Port of Gdańsk is specialized cargo handling equipment and port infrastructure, enabling among others the handling of grain, fertilizers, lumber, ore, steel and containers, as well as ro-ro vessel servicing.

Exterior — Northern Port

Northern Port is located directly in the water basins of Gdańsk Bay. The largest vessels with a capacity of up to DWT|300000|metric|first=yes and draft to 15 m that enter the Baltic Sea can be serviced here.

*Coal terminal
*Naftoport — crude oil, heating oils, fuels terminal
*LPG terminal

Trans-shipments

*1978 – 27,7 million ton "record"
*2000 – 16,5 million ton
*2001 – 17,8 million ton
*2002 – 17,4 million ton
*2003 – 21,3 million ton
*2004 – 23,3 million ton

See also

* Port of Gdynia

External links

* [http://www.portgdansk.pl/ Port of Gdańsk website]
* AIS [http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/danzig/AreaMap.html live vessel traffic in the region Gdansk Bight]
**Google Earth [http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Googleearth.html plugin]