Poland Plans $637 Million Deepwater Container Port on the Baltic Sea

Poland to build a major container port on the Baltic Sea

Poland has launched a tender with a budget of 2.5 billion zlotys ($637 million) for the design and construction of the maritime infrastructure for a new deep-water container port in Świnoujście on the Baltic Sea.

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The Cape Pomerania project involves the creation of a modern port complex capable of accommodating the largest container ships operating in the Baltic region. The tender was jointly announced by the Szczecin Maritime Authority and the Szczecin-Świnoujście Port Authority, according to usm.

As part of the project, 186 hectares of new land are to be developed to accommodate the container terminal. Construction work will involve the building of a 1,300-metre-long container quay, as well as two protective breakwaters measuring approximately 3,350 metres and 1,580 metres in length. In addition, large-scale dredging works are planned to develop a new approach channel, a turning basin and the port’s navigable waters.

In total, the new port complex will have approximately 3 km of berthing infrastructure, and its design capacity will be 2 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) per year. The development of deep-water facilities will enable Poland to increase its container handling volumes, attract large-tonnage vessels and expand direct international maritime routes. This may also intensify competition between Polish ports and other logistics centres in the Baltic Sea.

The procurement will be carried out via a competitive dialogue procedure, and the Polish authorities plan to select a contractor in the third quarter of 2027. The project in Świnoujście forms part of a wider development of Poland’s container infrastructure. In particular, there are also plans to build a new deep-water container terminal at the port of Gdynia with a design capacity of at least 2.5 million TEU per year.

The expansion of port capacity in the Baltic Sea region could create further opportunities for international trade and the development of transport corridors between Central Europe and other regions of the world. For the agricultural sector, the new infrastructure has the potential to open up additional routes for the containerised transport of foodstuffs and processed agricultural products.

This story was translated with the assistance of artificial intelligence.

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