BCT Gdynia Expands Container Capacity with Two Liebherr LHM 550 Harbour Cranes

Tailored to the berth

The new cranes offer up to 54 metres of outreach and join two Liebherr LHM 400s already working at the ICTSI-owned terminal, keeping operations, maintenance and operator experience within one crane family. Both units are equipped with Pactronic hybrid drive for more energy-efficient handling cycles, feature specially dimensioned supporting pads matched to the quay structure, and are prepared for an electric-drive retrofit later on. Before handover, an eight-hour endurance test confirmed stable performance under continuous operation.

A growing Baltic gateway

Container handling in Gdynia dates back to 1979, and BCT has been part of the global ICTSI group since 2003. The terminal handles around 1 million TEU of capacity today — throughput reached 558,331 TEU in 2025, with rail carrying roughly a fifth of the volume — and it is the only terminal in Gdynia that can load full-length container trains to southern Poland and Central Europe. Recent quay works already allow vessels up to 400 metres; further development could lift berth capacity to between 1.2 and 1.6 million TEU.

“These new cranes give us added handling capacity and the flexibility to serve larger vessels — a solution tailored to our berth and aligned with our existing Liebherr fleet.”

— Wojciech Szymulewicz, CEO, Baltic Container Terminal Gdynia