The overall drop comes from the 62% year-on-year decrease in coal turnover, which totalled 3.3mt over 2024's first half.

On the other hand, the handling of liquid bulk advanced by 10% yoy to 20.1mt, followed by general cargo gaining 4.5% yoy to 11.6mt (of which containerised freight accounted for 10.2mt, noting an increase of almost 3% yoy).

The Port of Gdańsk also took care of more grains, up 10% on the H1 2023 result to 1.5mt.

Other dry bulk goods (1.5mt) as well as iron ore (52kt) and timber (39kt) all noted decreases.