Port Gdynia boosts capacity

A consortium composed of Tri-city-area firms Wuprohyd, JM Architekci and Trójka has been awarded a contract to build a new ferry terminal for the Port of Gdynia Authority (ZMPG), the company which manages the Port of Gdynia. The contract also calls for infrastructure work to be carried out at the port. The cost of the project is estimated at EUR 68.3 (zł.244.7) million, most of which will be financed through EU funds.

The new terminal will mean that the port of Gdynia will be able to handle twice as many ferries per day as currently, and it will also be able to accommodate larger ferries.

The investment is part of a wider EU-backed initiative, called TEN-T (Trans-European Networks - Transport), to establish a network of transport corridors across Europe. The port of Gdynia is at the heart of Transport Corridor VI, which stretches from Scandinavia in the north to the Balkans in the south.

As ZMPG's chairman and CEO Przemysław Marchlewicz explained, the port is already in a very good position financially, and ZMPG is hoping to make the most of the opportunities presented by the EU's TEN-T program.

"Gdynia is the fastest growing port in Poland, and 2007 has been a record year in terms of the port's results. I hope that the continued expansion of the port's infrastructure will mean that we can benefit more from the potential of our location on the transport corridor within the TEN-T network," said Marchlewicz

Work on the project was scheduled to begin in December 2007, with full completion expected in the middle of 2011.

Brendan Melck