The Port of Gdynia saw the completion of upgrading nearly 800 metres of the quay wall in question, including dredging it to 15.5 metres.

As such, ships with a 14.5-metre draft can now call at the Baltic Container Terminal Gdynia (BCT Gdynia).

The PLN300 million investment (about €71m), carried out since September 2023 with the support of EU funds, also saw the installation of a new gantry rail - with the new reinforced structure adding only 1.2 metres to the Helskie Quay, the existing ship-to-shore cranes can still reach across the entire beam of the carriers visiting BCT Gdynia.

The construction works included using 9,500 tonnes of steel (7,500 for piling and another 2,000 for filling with 20,000 m³ of concrete) and dredging 80,000 m³. Hundreds of foundation piles and kilometres of smaller piles were installed to reinforce the structure.

Modernising the Helskie Quay was part of the Deepening of the Approach Fairway and Internal Waters of the Port of Gdynia and Reconstruction of the Quays project, which altogether will increase the Polish seaport's annual cargo throughput capacity by some 5.0 million tonnes.

In 2025, the Port of Gdynia for the first time in its history took care of over one million TEUs.

Photo: Port of Gdynia