Project objectives
– why are we building the Outer Port?

The Port of Gdynia area is limited and no possibility of expansion out to sea would be a barrier to development.

The aim of the construction of the Outer Port is to improve the competitive position of the Port of Gdynia by enabling the handling of ocean-going container ships with Baltimax parameters, i.e. with a length of up to 430 metres (in the longer term up to 490 metres), a width of up to 60 metres (in the longer term up to around 70 metres) and a draught of up to 16 metres.

As a result, the Port of Gdynia will gain a strong position in significant cargo segments on a national, Baltic and European scale.

 

Why is this the only possible development route? There is no possibility of expanding the Port of Gdynia's port infrastructure landward as it is surrounded by residential and commercial districts of Gdynia.

  1. Opportunities to acquire new land around the port basins of the Port of Gdynia are running out
  2. Competitive seaports in the Baltic and North Sea region are growing rapidly; potentials need to be aligned
  3. The assumptions of the "Strategy for the Development of the Port of Gdynia until 2027" provide for an increase in the area of the port in the inland areas of the Bay of Gdansk

Expected benefits

Benefits for Poland

  1. Increasing the security of Poland's supply chains and foreign exchange
  2. Transfer of part of the cargo handling of goods involved in foreign trade of the European Union from foreign ports to Poland


Benefits for the Pomeranian Voivodeship and the City of Gdynia

  1. Development of the transport network: waterways, roads and railways connected to the Outer Port
  2. Regional economic growth through tax revenues
  3. Development of the labour market - around 4,700 new jobs in the Outer Port and its business environment
  4. Potential for new investments in Gdynia and neighbouring towns
  5. Positive demographic change - an economic factor for population growth


Benefits for the Port of Gdynia

  1. Improving competitive position
  2. Continuing the role of the Port of Gdynia as an important centre of the European container transport market
  3. Multi-year development prospects, provision of revenue to finance further investments
  4. Improving navigational conditions
  5. Potential to expand the Port's cargo handling offer


Benefits for companiec operating in the Port of Gdynia

  1. Potential to grow the portfolio and volume of services offered


Environmental benefits

  1. Increasing the share of deep-sea transport in trade - reducing the carbon footprint of transported goods
  2. Development of intermodal transport, based on more environmentally friendly means of transport