DCT GDAŃSK – HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF THE LARGEST AND MOST MODERN MARITIME CONTAINER TERMINAL IN POLAND

The idea of creating a deep-sea container terminal in Gdańsk was developed in the late 1990s and was associated with the growing potential of deep-sea trade routes of the Baltic Sea. In the second half of 2000, the Port of Gdańsk Authority SA announced a tender which was won by the British consortium of James Sutcliffe. Negotiations with the investor were completed in May 2002, and a preliminary agreement was signed in the autumn of 2003. The final notarial lease agreement was not concluded until 27 January 2004.1 To implement the project, a new company was created – Deepwater Container Terminal Gdańsk SA. Its main tasks included designing, constructing and operating a deep-water container terminal in Gdańsk, which was to become the largest facility of this type in the Baltic. The premises of the so-called Northern Port (approx. 30 ha) were leased to the British investor for 30 years (with the option of extension for another 30 years).2