{"id":225020,"date":"2025-05-27T19:25:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T09:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=62822"},"modified":"2025-05-27T19:25:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T09:25:20","slug":"poland-to-invest-a-billion-euros-to-double-capacity-at-euroterminal-slawkow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=225020","title":{"rendered":"Poland to invest a billion euros to double capacity at Euroterminal S\u0142awk\u00f3w"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>An investment of a billion euros is going to (nearly) double the capacity of Euroterminal S\u0142awk\u00f3w. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk attended the signing of an initial agreement, signalling that Poland is taking its future position in logistics rather seriously.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span id=\"more-62822\"><\/span>The first investment, for which the agreement was signed, consists of 180 million Polish z\u0142oty (42,38 million euros). In the early stage, Poland will build a second intermodal terminal with seven tracks. Euroterminal S\u0142awk\u00f3w will also get modern transshipment equipment to handle intermodal container traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Those measures should speed up the transport of freight from Ukraine and Asia to Europe, the Polish infrastructure ministry says. It is looking to finalise the initial stage of the project by 2027, but there is more on the way. Subsequent phases of development will amount to a total investment of one billion euros. Overall, capacity at the Euroterminal should then grow from 285,000 TEU to 530,000 TEU annually &#8211; nearly doubling.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #004a99; background: #eaf3fb; border-radius: 4px; padding: 15px; margin: 20px 0;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin: 0 0 10px 0;\">Euroterminal S\u0142awk\u00f3w<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 8px 0;\">The terminal is a strategic logistics facility, says PKP Cargo, that specialises in the transshipment of:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding-left: 20px; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: outside;\">\n<li>Energy resources (coal, iron ore);<\/li>\n<li>Bulk goods (construction materials, steel, fertilisers);<\/li>\n<li>Intermodal containers (electronics, textiles, food).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">The terminal also cooperates with the ports in Gda\u0144sk and Gdynia to enable efficient sea-rail transport.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px 0;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0 auto 2px auto; border-radius: 6px; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Euroterminal-Slawkow-picca.jpg\" alt=\"Euroterminal S\u0142awk\u00f3w logistics facility\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 0.9em; color: #666; line-height: 1.3; text-align: left; max-width: 2000px; margin: 0 auto;\">Image: \u00a9 PKP Cargo<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>A historic opportunity<\/h2>\n<p>Commenting on the investment, Prime Minister Tusk focuses on the big picture: \u201cThe expansion of Euroterminal S\u0142awk\u00f3w is a historic opportunity for Poland &#8211; we will create the largest logistics hub in Europe, which will become a key link in trade between the East and the West\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy maintaining Polish control over this strategic project and investments implemented by, among others, the Industrial Development Agency, we will ensure Poland a strong position in the reconstruction of Ukraine and global supply chains. This is not only the development of industry, but also a golden interest for our economy\u201d, Tusk added. \u201cI can say without exaggeration that here in S\u0142awk\u00f3w, in Silesia, in Poland, we will have the largest logistics hub of this type in Europe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Traffic to Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p>Whereas the Polish infrastructure ministry has highlighted growing capacity for incoming traffic from Ukraine and Asia, Euroterminal S\u0142awk\u00f3w is also set to play a vital role in transport to Ukraine in the future, as Tusk mentioned. That is because the terminal is located at the far end of Poland\u2019s only broad gauge railway. It connects the Euroterminal to Ukraine without the need for gauge transfers &#8211; boosting logistics efficiency. What&#8217;s more, post-war reconstruction efforts will likely cause a surge in logistics needs towards Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Despite those prospects, the terminals\u2019 main asset remains traffic along a different axis: transport between the Mediterranean and the Baltic. \u201cThis particular direction \u2013 connecting the Mediterranean with the Baltic \u2013 is today more important even for S\u0142awk\u00f3w than the east-west direction, in terms of the amount of cargo passing through S\u0142awk\u00f3w\u201d, explained Tusk. \u201cSo Italy, the countries on the Adriatic and, of course, on the other side the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/intermodal\/2025\/03\/12\/baltic-hub-grows-with-new-cranes-expects-one-million-teu-on-rail-by-2027\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Baltic Hub<\/a>. In other words, two large sea windows to the world, and in the middle [there is the] the land heart, S\u0142awk\u00f3w.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #004a99; background: #eaf3fb; border-radius: 4px; padding: 15px; margin: 20px 0;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">Poland explicitly mentions future EU-Ukraine traffic as a reason for the Euroterminal S\u0142awk\u00f3w expansion. At the same time, on the other side of the border, shipping giant MSC is investing in four Ukrainian intermodal terminals. The &#8220;historic&#8221; deal also signals confidence in a future traffic surge, according to a local expert.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 10px 0 0 0;\">\n<aside class=\"readmore\">\n<div class=\"readmore-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/intermodal\/2025\/05\/26\/msc-entry-into-ukraine-is-historic-but-setbacks-loom\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dan09053-1-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"readmore-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"readmore-info\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/intermodal\/2025\/05\/26\/msc-entry-into-ukraine-is-historic-but-setbacks-loom\/\" class=\"readmore-title\">\u2018MSC entry into Ukraine is historic, but setbacks loom\u2019<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<h2>PKP Cargo abandons terminal<\/h2>\n<p>Earlier, PKP Cargo announced its intention to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/intermodal\/2025\/05\/19\/pkp-cargo-wants-to-sell-its-shares-in-slawkow-and-medyka-terminals\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">sell its shares<\/a> in Euroterminal S\u0142awk\u00f3w. The company currently holds a 9.31% stake, valued at 4 million euros. The sale is part of a push by PKP Cargo\u2019s management to simplify the company\u2019s structure and improve its ability to manage complex logistics projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An investment of a billion euros is going to (nearly) double the capacity of Euroterminal S\u0142awk\u00f3w. 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