POLAND's Port of gdansk posted a record 24 per cent year-on-year net profit increase in 2024 to PLN264 million (US$68.9 million), drawn on revenues that rose six per cent.
The port handled 77.4 million tonnes of cargo, serving 3,559 commercial seagoing vessels, a decrease of 43 vessels compared to 2023, with the average gross tonnage rising 1.6 per cent to 25,025 tonnes.
Cargo volumes excluding coal reached 69.5 million tonnes, up 2.8 per cent or nearly two million tonnes from the previous year, while total cargo handling across Polish ports of primary importance was 136 million tonnes, or 126 million tonnes excluding coal, a 0.67 per cent change from 2023.
Liquid fuels dominated at 40 million tonnes, accounting for 51 per cent of total cargo, followed by general cargo at 30.2 per cent with 23.4 million tonnes, including 21 million tonnes (2.25 million TEU) handled by the Baltic Hub Container Terminal.
Coal handling was 7.8 million tonnes (10.2 per cent), other bulk goods like aggregates or sulphur at 3.5 million tonnes (4.5 per cent), and grain at 2.9 million tonnes (3.7 per cent).
Liquid fuels increased by more than 1.8 million tonnes (nearly five per cent), general cargo by 430,000 tonnes (almost two per cent), containers by almost 10 per cent, ore by 28,000 tonnes (11 per cent) and ro-ro cargo by 3.6 per cent.
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The port handled 77.4 million tonnes of cargo, serving 3,559 commercial seagoing vessels, a decrease of 43 vessels compared to 2023, with the average gross tonnage rising 1.6 per cent to 25,025 tonnes.
Cargo volumes excluding coal reached 69.5 million tonnes, up 2.8 per cent or nearly two million tonnes from the previous year, while total cargo handling across Polish ports of primary importance was 136 million tonnes, or 126 million tonnes excluding coal, a 0.67 per cent change from 2023.
Liquid fuels dominated at 40 million tonnes, accounting for 51 per cent of total cargo, followed by general cargo at 30.2 per cent with 23.4 million tonnes, including 21 million tonnes (2.25 million TEU) handled by the Baltic Hub Container Terminal.
Coal handling was 7.8 million tonnes (10.2 per cent), other bulk goods like aggregates or sulphur at 3.5 million tonnes (4.5 per cent), and grain at 2.9 million tonnes (3.7 per cent).
Liquid fuels increased by more than 1.8 million tonnes (nearly five per cent), general cargo by 430,000 tonnes (almost two per cent), containers by almost 10 per cent, ore by 28,000 tonnes (11 per cent) and ro-ro cargo by 3.6 per cent.
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