The expansion of HES Gdynia’s grain storage facility in the northeast of Poland is scheduled for completion at this end of this year.
As part of the expansion plans for the facility at Slaskie Quay in the Port of Gydnia, the company said a new 64,000 tonne capacity grain warehouse and transfer conveyor system on supply and discharge routes would be built.
The project would also include new loading and discharge points for trucks and rail wagons, the company said.
According to a report by International Bulk Journal (IBJ), the new warehouse would help alleviate recent grain storage capacity shortages at Polish ports resulting from supply chain disruptions triggered by the war in Ukraine.
There are two significant Baltic Sea ports in Poland – Gdynia and Gdansk. Gdynia is the larger of the two, with an annual agricultural product throughput of 4-5M tonnes, which includes oilseeds.
The Port of Gydnia is also one of the most important and traffic-heavy hubs for wheat in the region, according to the IBJ report.
HES Gdynia Bulk Terminal is one of the largest bulk sea terminals in Poland, handling between 6M-7M tonnes of commodities/year, the report said.
Grain and seed processing, handling and storage company Cimbria has provided equipment for the HES Gdynia Bulk Terminal project, World Grain reported.
The company is also working on another large capacity grain port terminal project in Poland, according to the 30 April report.
Cimbria’s second project in Poland is an extension of Szczecin Bulk Terminal in Stettin in the western part of Poland.
As part of the project, Cimbria would be delivering four silos with a total capacity of almost 28,000 tonnes and a ship loading line with an intake capacity of 1,000 tonnes/hour, according to the report.
“Our fully automated silos and trans-shipment system allow us to offer both import and export handling to our customers, and with even more storage capacity we continue supporting the global food market by meeting the increased demand for secure and efficient storage and transportation of grain,” Rafal Rozanski, terminal manager at Szczecin Bulk Terminal, was quoted as saying.
The project in Stettin was scheduled for completion by 2024/25, World Grain wrote.
