Port Gdański Eksploatacja (PGE) will spend some PLN400 million (about €93m) on new infrastructure in the Port of Gdańsk's Inner Harbour for handling and storing agricultural products.

The investment will see the construction of nine grain silos, five on the Wiślane and four on the Szczecin Quay, modernisation of road, rail & port infrastructure, and the purchase of conveyor belts and Liebherr cranes - all to handle ships carrying up to 36 thousand tonnes.

The project will increase PGE's yearly storage capacity by fivefold, to 152kt, while its agricultural goods handling capacity will increase from 700kt to 2.9mt/year.

The investment will also pave the way for setting up another agro terminal, dedicated to grains and feedstock.

The Port of Gdańsk added that its overall grain handling capacity rose from 2.0mt/year in 2019 to 4.3mt today.

Photo: Port of Gdańsk