Baltic Container Terminal (BCT), the Polish unit of International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) at the Port of Gydnia, capped 2019 with a milestone after recently reaching its 500,000th twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) move on 21 December.

The event, which coincided with the 40th anniversary of the Gydnia terminal, was marked by the loading of the milestone MSC container to MSC Veronique.

Wojciech Szymulewicz, BCT chief executive officer, said: “As a gateway terminal serving the Polish economy, we are extremely pleased to have reached this latest milestone. More than hitting our targets, this new record highlights Baltic Container Terminal’s capability to continuously outpace market growth, and our readiness to serve the vibrant Polish economy and the Eastern European markets.”

Strategically located within the Baltic-Adriatic corridor, BCT has a current annual handling capacity of up to one million TEU and has excellent road and on-dock rail connectivity to Europe’s hinterlands.

As part of its continuing effort to boost the port’s operations, the Port of Gdynia Authority and the Center for European Union Transport Projects recently signed a contract for the reconstruction and electrification of the port’s rail access. An investment expected to cost around PLN 70 million, the rebuilt intermodal terminal will complement BCT’s operations from the land side.

To enable BCT to cater for growing demands, in the pipeline is new handling equipment on both sea and landside, rehabilitation of the present quay, deepening of harbor basins, additional storage areas and state-of-the-art IT systems.

Globe Telecom has restored its network coverage in Ormoc after typhoon “Ursula” swept across several provinces in Visayas and Southern Luzon.

The company’s network operations team is still working round the clock to restore Globe services in several areas, including Boracay, that remain isolated due to damage caused by strong winds and heavy rains.

Most of the affected areas remain without electricity or power supply which compound efforts to restore critical telecommunications services to residents affected by typhoon “Ursula.”

Earlier, network services were restored in Masbate, Sorsogon, Tacloban and Southern Leyte.