Poland’s Port of Gdansk welcomed through a ceremony the visit of the first Euro-China Train (ECT), as China’s modern-day silk road, the Belt and Road Initiative, reaches the Baltic.
Specifically, the train will depart from Xi’an China through the Adampol Małaszewicze land terminal to the DCT maritime container terminal in the Port of Gdańsk.
The train highlights a new momentum of the Belt and Road Initiative and is a cooperation between the Port of Gdańsk Authority, Adampol and DCT Gdansk, who all involved in the development of this initiative.
Additionally, the first train was welcomed by representatives of Polish authorities and from other countries, with additional Ministry representatives. In essence, the Ministry of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation was represented by Grzegorz Witkowski, the Undersecretary of State. The Deputy Minister thanked the representatives of the companies for their contribution to the development of intermodal transport and emphasized the high dynamics of the development of the Port of Gdańsk in recent years.
Łukasz Greinke, the President of the Port of Gdańsk Authority S.A. reported that the port is in talks with the Scandinavian and British markets, to find new opportunities and develop its network connections and transhipment infrastructure.
Thanks to this solution we are able to accelerate the transport of goods from China up to as many as 5 days. It is also important to remember that there are fewer operations on the container, which translates into lower costs. From now on, the Port of Gdańsk can offer a faster, cheaper and more competitive service than the current solutions.
… Łukasz Greinke added.
The containers are to be transhipped at DCT Gdansk, the largest container terminal in the Baltic Sea. This year DCT has become part of the PSA group, one of the world’s leading container terminal operators.
