{"id":248781,"date":"2025-07-09T18:55:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T08:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=63951"},"modified":"2025-07-09T18:55:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T08:55:51","slug":"polish-port-of-police-to-get-direct-rail-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=248781","title":{"rendered":"Polish port of Police to get direct rail connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Polish infrastructure manager PKP PLK awarded the contract for the construction of a direct railway connection to the port of Police. The initiative will especially benefit the chemical industry, with Grupa Azoty which owns 99,98% of the shares in the Police Port Authority.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span id=\"more-63951\"><\/span>The new line will be relatively short but essential, as it would take the railway even closer to the sea \u201callowing for the transshipment of cargo arriving by sea\u201d. In total, the project entails the construction of a new railway line and five sidings of 750 metres each, the Police Port Authority said.<\/p>\n<p>The total investment for the project is around 47,6 million euros. Most of it, over 34 million euros, will come from funds from the Connecting Europe Facility assigned to the port authority in September 2024. The contract was awarded to Torpol, a Polish company specialising in railway construction, and completion is expected in February 2028.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 20px auto; border-radius: 6px; overflow: hidden; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fluid alignnone\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Future-outlook-of-the-port-of-Police.-Image-%C2%A9-Port-of-Police.jpg\" alt=\"Future outlook of the port of Police. Image: \u00a9 Port of Police\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption style=\"padding: 10px 15px; font-size: 14px; background: #f8f8f8; text-align: left; color: #555;\">Future outlook of the port of Police, which will allow for direct transshipment between rail and sea. Image: \u00a9 Port of Police<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Grupa Azoty at the port of Police<\/h2>\n<p>Grupa Azoty is Poland\u2019s largest chemical company and is the largest player at the port of Police. Other than owning the port authority, the company has production facilities for nitrogen and compound fertilisers; ammonia and urea; titanium white (TiO\u2082) and phosphoric and sulphuric acid. Moreover, Grupa Azoty owns and operates a port terminal through its its subsidiary Zarz\u0105d Morskiego Portu Police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polish infrastructure manager PKP PLK awarded the contract for the construction of a direct railway connection to the port of Police. 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