Two decades of port investments with EU support

20 investments for Poland's 20th anniversary in the European Union. The Szczecin and Świnoujście Seaports Authority summarizes two decades of EU membership.

It was an intense time for the Szczecin-Świnoujście ports. During it, the Szczecin and Świnoujście Seaports Authority SA implemented and is implementing ambitious investment plans, boldly reaching for EU funds from the Cohesion Fund under the Operational Program Infrastructure and Environment and CEF Connecting Europe.

The list of investments includes 20 projects worth almost PLN three billion. Their effects include: the construction of an external port in Świnoujście and the construction of two new ship berths at the LNG terminal, one for importing liquefied gas and the other enabling both the import and export of this fuel. In turn, at the ferry terminal in Świnoujście, a new ferry service stand was created, marked No. 1, while ferry stands No. 5 and 6 were combined into one as a result of reconstruction and adapted to handle intermodal cargo. The road and railway systems in both ports were modernized. In Szczecin, near the Ewa grain elevator, the Zbożowe quay was modernized and a new Niemieckie quay was built from scratch. In turn, in Ostrów Grabowski, the Finnish, Norwegian and Duńskie quays were built, and in the Kashubian Basin we have a new Dąbrowieckie quay. The port waters are being adapted to the new depth of the Świnoujście-Szczecin fairway, i.e. 12.5 meters. Later this year, the first terminal in the country to service offshore wind farms will be built in the port of Świnoujście; it is worth adding that the Port Authority plans to expand it. Work related to the construction of a multimodal rail transshipment hub in the port of Szczecin will also begin soon.

The aim of completed and ongoing as well as planned investments is to improve the competitiveness of our ports, their sustainable development and to increase the quality and quantity of cargo handled in ports. (edited by ZMPSiŚ SA)

List of investments co-financed by EU funds:

1. Construction of the infrastructure of the West Pomeranian Logistics Center in the port of Szczecin.

2. Construction of port infrastructure for the container base at Ostrów Grabowski in Szczecin.

3. Expansion of port infrastructure in the southern part of the port in Świnoujście.

4. Expansion of port infrastructure in the northern part of the Ewa Peninsula in the port of Szczecin.

5. Reconstruction of road infrastructure in the ports of Szczecin and Świnoujście.

6. Reconstruction of railway infrastructure in the ports of Szczecin and Świnoujście.

7. Construction of port terminal infrastructure in Szczecin and Świnoujście - parking spaces.

8. Construction of a container terminal on Ostrów Grabowski in the port of Szczecin.

9. Purchase of measuring and rescue equipment by ZMPSiŚ SA.

10. Construction of a quay in the external port in Świnoujście.

11. Construction of the Pilot and Docking System (PNDS) for ferries.

12. Expansion and modernization of technical infrastructure in the ports of Szczecin and Świnoujście.

13. Improving access to the port of Szczecin in the area of the Dębicki Canal.

14. Improving access to the port of Szczecin in the Kashubian Basin area.

15. Adaptation of TPŚ infrastructure to support intermodal transport.

16. Elimination of last mile bottlenecks - construction of a reserve parking lot at TŚ.

17. Improving rail access to sea ports in Szczecin and Świnoujście - a joint project with PKP/PLK.

18. Purchase of a firefighting vessel.

19. Construction of the transhipment capacity of the sea port in Świnoujście to service the needs of offshore wind energy.

20. Construction of a multimodal railway transshipment hub on Ostrów Grabowski in the port of Szczecin.