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DCT Gdańsk Deepwater Container Terminal (Baltic Hub) — Terminal T1

completed stage: operational delivered
200 mln USD
estimate · 2007 prices ≈ 800 mln PLN (value-by-stage, est., nominal)

Poland's first deepwater container terminal, located within the Gdańsk seaport, in the outer port (part of the Northern Port). The terminal was created to receive deepwater, transoceanic container ships on the Baltic Sea. Work on the terminal began in October 2005, and the opening took place on 3 October 2007; the first ship called even before the official opening, on 1 June 2007. Under the first stage (T1) an artificially reclaimed pier of 25.2 ha (800 m long and 315 m wide) was created, on which 2 container-handling berths were built, thanks to a USD 200 million investment. The terminal operator was DCT Gdańsk S.A.; the entire shareholding package belonged at the time to the Australian investment fund Macquarie GIF II. In 2022 the terminal was renamed Baltic Hub.

How it went

Assessment: settled. Signals only where documented.

Delivery delivered
Utilisation in use
Scope as announced
annual container throughput vs declared annual handling capacity (entire Baltic Hub/DCT terminal)
2,242,401 / 44 TEU (2024) 5096366% utilisation

Timeline

  1. Construction start Oct 2005
  2. Delivery 3 Oct 2007

Change history

  • 3 Oct 2007 stage: operational
  • 1 Jun 2007 stage: commissioning
  • Oct 2005 stage: construction

Significance

DCT Gdańsk was Poland's first deepwater container terminal, able to receive deepwater, transoceanic container ships directly on the Baltic Sea, without the need for transshipment in Western European ports. Under the first stage (T1), on an artificially reclaimed pier of 25.2 ha (800 m long, 315 m wide), 2 container-handling berths were created, brought into service in 2007 thanks to a USD 200 million investment. The terminal, later renamed Baltic Hub, became the largest and most modern maritime container terminal in Poland.

Sources 4

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  1. Terminal kontenerowy Baltic Hub (dawniej DCT Gdańsk) ↗
    Wikipedia (pl)
    StatusStageStage historyConstruction startDeliveryCostInvestorOutcomeUtilisation
    Status „Otwarcie nastąpiło 3 października 2007 roku."
    Stage „Terminal został utworzony, by na Morzu Bałtyckim przyjmować głębokowodne, transoceaniczne kontenerowce"
    Construction start „Prace nad terminalem rozpoczęły się w październiku 2005."
    Stage history „Pierwszy statek zawinął jeszcze przed oficjalnym otwarciem terminala, 1 czerwca 2007"
    Cost „na którym wybudowano 2 stanowiska do przeładunku kontenerów, dzięki inwestycji 200 mln dolarów"
    Investor „Do tej pory całościowy pakiet udziałów należał do australijskiego funduszu inwestycyjnego Macquarie GIF II – jednego z trzech funduszy grupy Macquarie Group"
  2. 5 urodziny DCT Gdańsk. Kalendarium sukcesu ↗
    PortalMorski.pl 24 Oct 2012
    Construction startInvestorStage history
  3. DCT GDAŃSK, terminal kontenerowy — Encyklopedia Gdańska ↗
    Encyklopedia Gdańska (gedanopedia.pl)
    Construction startStage history
  4. DCT Gdańsk — history, development and operation of the largest and most modern maritime container terminal in Poland ↗
    Studia Maritima, Vol. 32 (Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego); A. Bartosiewicz 2019
    StatusStageSignificanceUtilisation