Szczecin-Swinoujscie port complex handled 17.5 million tonnes of cargo in H1 ‘22

Szczecin-Swinoujscie port complex handled 17.5 million tonnes of cargo in H1 ‘22


The Szczecin and Swinoujscie Seaports Authority (ZMPSiS) says that operators of the Szczecin-Swinoujscie port complex handled almost 17.5 million tonnes of cargo in January – June 2022. This is nearly three percent higher than in the corresponding period of last year.

Handling of ore, fuel and LNG in the ports rose by 68.2 percent, 29.1 percent and 34.8 percent respectively. By the end of June, the LNG terminal in Swinoujscie had served 26 ships with LNG gas, versus 18 ships in H1 2021.

A decrease was registered in the following segments: coal (-28.6 percent), other mass (-8 percent), grain (-18.7 percent), general cargo (-1.8 percent), general cargo (-1.1 percent) and containers (-16.1 percent).

In June, the ports’ throughput rose by 21 percent, year-on-year, with the highest growth registered in the following segments: coal (+13.8 percent), ore (+254.4 percent), grain (+95 percent), fuels (+54.2 percent) and LNG (+73.7 percent).

The ports of Szczecin-Swinoujscie handle more and more goods from Ukraine. In the first half of 2022 the ports served over 150,000 tonnes of goods, including ore and grains, which were delivered by sea to, among others, the Netherlands and Algeria. In the second half of 2022, the ports expect to handle significantly more Ukrainian maize, iron ore and pig iron.

For more information visit www.port.szczecin.pl

20th July 2022