OPERATIONS START AT THE NEW IMPORT TERMINAL
On 2 September this year, the City of Dubrovnik became the first vessel to be unloaded at the new unloading pier at the Port Pólnocny terminal in Gdansk, Poland. The vessel brought the first cargo of import coal to the subsidiary of the Belgian based SEA-invest group.
Port Pólnocny has been a stronghold for the export of Polish coal in large vessels since the beginning of the 1970s. Port Pólnocny aims to export a total of 3mt (million metric tonnes) of cargo this year. Poland, and its hinterland, now have access to an import terminal, which is capable of offering quick turnarounds, can accept Capesize vessels with a maximum draught of 15m, and which has a storage capacity of 2mt.
Two Liebherr LPS 600 portal cranes, with a lifting capacity of 60 metric tonnes, guarantee discharge rates of 30,000 tonnes/WWD (weather working day), while the largest stacker/reclaimer in Poland ensures that the cargoes are transported to the storage areas of both the new and the existing part of the Port Pólnocny terminal. The terminal is able to handle and store coal, anthracite, iron ore and biomass. A high-speed train- loading station loads the largest trains accepted on the Polish railway system at 2,400tph (tonnes per hour). Because both the import and the export pier are linked to each other, imported cargoes can be reloaded in seagoing vessels to destinations in the Baltic. On top of this, compacting, screening and blending services are offered by the SEA-invest subsidiary.
The Port of Gdansk can now fully fulfill its role as the major hub for bulk cargoes destined for Poland, its neighbouring countries and the Baltic region. SEA-invest is proud to serve its customers in one more port. SEA-invest is present in 25 ports in eight countries. This new jewel to its stevedoring crown lives up to the company slogan ‘SEA-invest: an ocean of opportunities’.