The DCT Gdańsk container terminal has become a springboard for the Polish Maritime Economy. However, there are several crucial events which have thus far outlined our standards and our direction of development.
DCT Gdańsk and Maersk Line has made a breakthrough in the maritime economy on the Baltic Sea. In 2011, some of the largest container ships in the world at that time, the 14,700-TEU capacity Mærsk E-class container ships began regular weekly calls in Gdańsk. These included Evelyn Maersk, Emma Maersk, Eleonora Maersk, Ebba Maersk and Eugen Maersk
The container terminal starts to handle direct regular container connections from the Far East in January 2010.
Maersk Line was the first container line which introduced direct navigational connection (AE10) from the Far East to the Baltic region (while realizing exceptional opportunities of DCT Gdańsk). The direct connection of the Far East ports with Gdańsk has the following rotation: AE10 Asia–Europe–Asia: Kwangyang – Ningbo – Shanghai – Yantian – Tanjung Pelepas – Suez Canal – Rotterdam – Bremerhaven– Gdansk – Aarhus – Gothenburg – Bremerhaven – Rotterdam – Algeciras – Suez Canal – Yantian – Kwangyang;
The multifunctional logistics center is due to be financed and constructed by the Australian Group Goodman. The initial concept for the development provides for up to 500,000 sq m of storage space and for up to 40,000 sq m of office space. The development of the logistics center will be accompanied with the extension of the local infrastructure: Sucharski Route, the tunnel at the Dead Vistula and the Gdańsk Southern Ring-Road. The connection with the modern deep-water container terminal DCT Gdańsk will serve as an advantage.
A modern tool produced by the British company International Terminal Solutions Ltd (ITS) designed for the visual management
Award given by Maersk Line for the best terminal in Northern Europe in 2009 and in 2010. The awards: “Terminal of 2009” and “Terminal of 2010” has been given to DCT Gdańsk for its continuous leadership in monthly rankings of the terminals of Northern Europe, which Maersk Line co-operates with. The ranking covers an array of the following criteria: productivity, expectation time or intervals in handling and port costs.
