Approximately EUR 22.5 million is being invested in expanding the Polish Baltic Sea ports in which DB has a stake / Wharfs are to be designed for greater capacity
Zabrze, 23 July 2010 - DB Schenker Rail Polska is continuing to invest in expanding its facilities at the Szczecin and Swinoujscie Baltic Sea ports. Approximately EUR 22.5 million in all will be invested in the new wharfs and cranes by 2018 in cooperation with the port authority. According to Hans-Georg Werner, CEO of DB Schenker Rail Polska, “Through this investment, we are aiming to greatly increase the transshipment capacity over the medium term and participate in the growth in the exchange of goods via the ports.” DB Schenker Rail Polska transships containers, less-than carload freight, paper and cellulose, granite, steel and other goods at the ports and carries out project business for heavy cargo.
Two new gantry cranes have been installed in Szczecin. Weighing 630 metric tons, the cranes can each move 35 containers an hour and stack up to five containers. DB Schenker Rail Polska is scheduled to begin operating the new container terminal in fall 2010. For this purpose, roads and new IT systems have been the target of investment as well. The terminal will have an annual capacity of up to 220,000 TEU (20-foot equivalent units), more than doubling the transshipment capacity of DB Port Szczecin. By 2018, a total of approximately EUR 16.5 million will have been invested in the expansion. As a result, space and equipment will be able to be restructured for conventional transshipment.
A modern Liebherr crane is being installed at the port of Swinoujscie. A contract with Polish Trade Services of the agricultural production and food producer Bunge International Group will secure transshipment for the long term. The crane can move 10,000 metric tons a day. The terminal expansion will create capacity for an additional few hundred thousand metric tons each year. The first ship carrying imported products is scheduled to pass through the port in mid-2011.
“These investments in our ports are part of our plan to develop transportation over the long term,” said Christian Schreyer, Member of the Management Board of DB Schenker Rail Polska responsible for Logistics. “We are expecting port hinterland rail transports in particular to increase as a result of the port capacity expansion.”
Issued by: Deutsche Bahn AG
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