Cruise vessel Prinsendam
at the Port of Gdansk. Photo by the Port of Gdansk Authority S.A.
Coal terminal
Photo by the Port of Gdansk Authority S.A.
Liquid Fuel Terminal
Photo by the Port of Gdansk Authority S.A.
Today ships calling at Gdansk disembark much closer to the coast, in the neighbourhood of the Wisloujscie. The Inner Port, which extends along the Vistula estuary, and Port Channel are designed for passenger, container and general cargo vessels. Modern handling and storage facilities for such bulk cargo as crude oil, heating oils and fuels, coal and LPG are placed in the Northern Port, located directly in the water basins of the Gulf of Gdansk.
The Northern Port (Port Pólnocny), built in the 1970s, is able to accept the largest vessels in the Baltic Sea. These includes tankers of 150,000 DWT as well as bulk carriers of 100,000 DWT.
Live camera view of the port channel
Port of passenger cabotage vessels
near the Green Gate. Photo by Bernadeta Galus
The old port on the Motlawa river is visited nowadays mostly by yachts (as there is a comfortable marina built for them) and cabotage vessels, serving the tourist traffic from the old town to Westerplatte and Wisloujscie, and further on, to Sopot, Gdynia and Hel. Taking a boat, you can enter the town like sailors did centuries ago, and admire an outstanding view of the port.
The merchant houses built between the mediaeval gates make a waterfront of beautiful facades. The other side of the Motlawa is covered with dozens of storehouses of characteristic shape.