Port of Gdańsk handles nearly 2.5m TEU in nine months as cargo volumes rise over 10%

Containers drive the growth

General cargo delivered the largest absolute increase. Volumes rose to 23.5 million tonnes, 3.6 million tonnes or 18 per cent more than in the same period of 2025. Containerised cargo accounted for 21.1 million tonnes of that total, up 17.6 per cent year on year, while the 21 per cent rise in TEU shows boxes growing even faster than the tonnage they carry.

General cargo now represents more than 36 per cent of all throughput at Gdańsk and remains, as the port authority puts it, one of the main engines strengthening the port's position in international supply chains.

Fuels hold steady, coal and grain surge

Liquid fuels remain the port's largest cargo group at around 45 per cent of total throughput. Gdańsk handled 29.4 million tonnes between January and September, broadly in line with last year. Coal recorded the fastest percentage growth, rising 36 per cent to 6.7 million tonnes, an increase of 1.8 million tonnes that mirrors a trend seen in some of the European Union's largest ports. Coal now makes up around 10 per cent of the port's volumes. Grain terminals handled 2.1 million tonnes, up 33 per cent, or more than half a million tonnes above last year. The only segment to decline was other dry bulk, which slipped 1.5 per cent to 2.8 million tonnes.

- The results after three quarters of 2026 show that the Port of Gdańsk is effectively capitalising on favourable market conditions in key segments and developing in a sustainable way. This record result reflects both rising cargo volumes, particularly containerised general cargo, and a stable level of liquid fuel handling, which confirms the port's strategic importance for Poland's energy security - said Dorota Pyć, President of the Port of Gdańsk Authority.

Capacity investment sets the next chapter

The port authority credits the result not only to demand and its business partners, but also to steady investment that is expanding operational capacity and improving access from both land and sea. As volumes grow, that investment becomes decisive: the port's capacity and resilience will determine where Gdańsk, which describes itself as the most important port in the Baltic Sea region, sits on the logistics map of Europe in the years ahead. The strongest growth potential, the authority says, lies in containerised general cargo.

- Our priority remains the further development of infrastructure and operational capacity, so that the Port of Gdańsk can respond flexibly to changing market conditions and the needs of our partners - Dorota Pyć added.