Inauguration of Britannia Service at Baltic Hub Terminal

On April 5th this year, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) inaugurated a new service called Britannia at the Baltic Hub terminal, connecting the Far East with Europe. As part of this service, the large ocean vessel MSC Rose called at the terminal.

MSC Rose, with a length of 364 meters, width of 51 meters, and capacity of 15,486 TEU, was serviced at the new T3 quay. The container ship’s route includes the ports of Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian, Vung Tau, Singapore, Colombo, Felixstowe, Antwerp, and Gdańsk.

Although the T3 terminal will not reach full operational capacity until the end of 2025, the newly constructed quay, equipped with state-of-the-art STS cranes, is already enabling test operations on some of the largest vessels sailing worldwide – according to Baltic Hub representatives.

“The arrival of MSC Rose and its handling as part of the new Britannia service at the T3 quay confirms the importance of this investment for the future of shipping and logistics in Central and Eastern Europe. Baltic Hub continues to develop and support its customers in their further growth while maintaining the highest operational and safety standards,” comments Jan Van Mossevelde, CEO of Baltic Hub.

At the end of March this year, an ocean container ship – MSC Stacey – was serviced for the first time at the new T3 quay, arriving in Gdańsk as an “extra call.”

The new T3 terminal, built on an area of 36 hectares, is connected to the existing infrastructure of the T1 and T2 terminals, creating one large complex of three deep-water quays along with storage yards.

T3 represents new development opportunities for Baltic Hub customers – more meters of quay, new cranes, and more hectares of storage yards. Upon completion of the investment, Baltic Hub will have over 124 hectares of operational space, approximately 2.1 km of deep-water quay, 21 STS cranes, 74 yard cranes (RMG and RTG), as well as an existing modern rail siding with seven 750-meter-long tracks and a long-functioning automated truck gate complex.

This will make Baltic Hub one of the largest container terminal complexes in Europe with an annual handling capacity of 4.5 million TEU.

Photos: Baltic Hub press materials