Port Gdański Eksploatacja (PGE) has signed an agreement with Premium Quality Care to begin construction of a flat warehouse at Szczecińskie Quay – the first step in building the new Gdańsk Agro Terminal (GAT).
Once complete, the terminal at the port will be capable of handling up to 3 million tonnes of grain annually.
The agreement was signed on behalf of PGE by the President of the Management Board, Andrzej Kuźmicz, and on behalf of the contractor by Robert Skóra, President of the Management Board of Premium Quality Care.
Gdańsk Agro Terminal (GAT) is a strategic investment for the period from 2025 to 2028, responding to the demand of the agri-food market and the diversification of exports. As a result of a detailed analysis, an integrated project that assumes the following was developed:
- construction of one large flat warehouse on Szczecińskie Quay with an area of 7,000 square-metres (m2) and a capacity of 30,000 tonnes (completion: 2025–2026)
- construction of a complex of flat-bottomed steel silos with a total capacity of 100,000 tonnes on Wiślane Quay (completion: 2026–2028
- construction of a modern ship loading and unloading system with a capacity of 1,000 tonnes/hour
- integration of the entire facility with the port’s railway, road and cargo handling infrastructure.
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Ultimately, the terminal will have a total of 160,000 tonnes of storage space and a cargo handling capacity of up to 3 million tonnes per year. This is more than four times its current capacity, which today amounts to 35,000 tonnes of storage capacity and 0.7 million tonnes of grain cargo handling per year.
“I am sure that both the renovation of the quay and the preparation of the entire road and rail infrastructure, as well as the construction of warehouses and the silos in subsequent stages, will allow for even greater cargo handling capacity at the Port of Gdańsk and will be crucial from the point of view of cargo handling in this part of the coast,” said Arkadiusz Marchewka, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, who was present at the meeting.
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“The grain market is currently characterised by exceptional volatility – we are seeing significant fluctuations in volumes and export destinations, resulting from both the geopolitical situation and the pressure of climate change,” said Andrzej Kuźmicz, President of PGE.
“We are designing the Gdańsk Agro Terminal with this volatility in mind – as a flexible, scalable infrastructure ready for various market scenarios. This investment shall not only increase our cargo handling capacity, but above all ensure the operational resilience of the Port of Gdańsk to fluctuations in supply and demand in the agri-food sector
“What is equally important to GAT is a project financed 100 per cent from national funds, aimed at ensuring long-term infrastructure security in Poland and efficient export services, regardless of their structure or scale in a given year.”
