Poland to build new grain terminal in Gdansk to bolster food security

Gdansk | Reuters — Poland plans to build a new grain terminal at the Port of Gdansk by 2026, which will enable the country to respond to crisis situations, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday.

Farmers have repeatedly blocked Poland’s eastern border over the past year in protest against food imports such as grain from the east, including from Ukraine.

Tusk told reporters in the Baltic Sea port of Gdansk, in the north of Poland, that the new terminal there will be at the disposal of the Polish state.

“It will not only perform commercial functions, but will be a safety device in the hands of the Polish state as part of protecting Polish interests and Polish farmers,” Tusk said.

Poland’s Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Arkadiusz Marchewka said that the entire investment would cost 500 million zloty (US$122.4 million).

The terminal’s trans-shipment capacity in 2026 will be and initial two million tonnes, which will then be increased to three million tonnes, Marchewka added.