Kaliningrad may compete with Gdynia for ships

The exclave of Kaliningrad is planning to build a deep-water passenger and freight port that will be able to accommodate large ocean-going vessels. Within six years, the new ports are to be built for a cost of $214 million. The project is part of a national program for 2010-2020 and should be completed by 2020. Up until now, the Kaliningrad region does not have a deep water port and shippers have been relying on Gdynia or Klaipeda ports for the delivery of goods to the region. A passenger port, with a yacht marina, is to be built in the town of Pionersky and a deep-water sea terminal will be built in nearby Jantarny, as read in an IAR news release.