Addressing business and industry leaders, Tusk announced that Poland plans to triple its container handling capacity by 2030, underlining the country’s ambition to become a key player in European maritime trade.
“In 2024, Polish ports handled 3.3 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units). We aim to triple this figure within the next four years and a few months,” Tusk said, calling the plan “a very realistic forecast.”
TEU is an international standard used to measure container volume, equivalent to a 20-foot-long shipping container.
Tusk told the conference that Poland is already among the leading countries in the region when it comes to cargo throughput. “We are a serious player in port operations. I won’t say we’re dominant yet, but we’re very close,” he added.
The prime minister also pointed to robust financial results in the port sector. In 2024, Polish ports generated 26% higher profits compared to the previous year. Customs duties collected at ports reached PLN 56 billion (about USD 14 billion), surpassing the 2023 figures by PLN 1 billion.
A key element of Poland’s port expansion strategy is the development of a new container terminal in Świnoujście, a Baltic Sea port near the German border.
The project has faced local opposition, but Tusk said it will go ahead as planned. “Regardless of the protests, no one will block this terminal — you can be certain of that,” he said.
Now in its 11th edition, the International Maritime Congress in Szczecin serves as a platform for discussing the future of shipping, logistics, and port infrastructure in Poland and the broader Baltic region.
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