Baltic Hub has lifted its Gdańsk rail-yard fleet to six electric rail-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes, adding two Kuenz-built units designed to push siding handling capacity to 1.2 million TEU a year once fully operational.

The terminal — Poland's largest container facility — told WorldCargo News the new cranes expand a yard already running seven 750-metre tracks and 5.25 km of total rail. ABB supplied the drives and PLC integration on both units.

What's actually on the cranes?

Each unit carries optical character recognition (OCR) for automatic container number ID, an anti-collision system, 11 operator-assist cameras, micro-movement spreader positioning and emergency winch brakes. Most steel was fabricated in Poland, with final assembly on site.

A Baltic Hub spokesperson said the cranes "are currently operated manually, although some processes, such as optical character recognition (OCR), are automated. Remote operation may be introduced in the future."

Why push rail capacity now?

Baltic Hub moves close to 800 trains a month, running boxes into Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Ukraine. Lifting rail-siding throughput to 1.2 million TEU gives the terminal room to absorb a hinterland volume curve that has barely slowed.

"In line with PSA's Node to Network strategy, Baltic Hub consistently invests in advanced technological solutions and expands its operational facilities to strengthen nodal excellence, increase flexibility and adapt to evolving market requirements," CEO Jan van Mossevelde said.

How fast is the terminal growing?

The numbers are loud. Baltic Hub handled close to 1.6 million TEU in H1 2026, up 23% year-on-year. July set a record: 310,274 TEU, the first monthly print above 300,000 TEU. The growth cuts against softer H1 readings at many competing European container hubs.

What's coming next?

In August, the Port of Gdańsk Authority granted Baltic Hub a 30-year lease on a 27-hectare site next to its T2 deepwater terminal. The plan: an intermodal rail and container-handling area, added storage and a new siding sized for 750-metre trains. Delivery runs in phases, with more container-handling equipment to follow.

Van Mossevelde tied the RMG rollout to that wider build-out: "The RMG cranes will play a key role in increasing the handling capacity of the rail siding to 1.2 million TEU per year. Each of these investments strengthens Baltic Hub's position as a key logistics hub in Central and Eastern Europe."

With monthly records stacking and a three-decade lease signed, Baltic Hub is steering straight into the Central and Eastern European intermodal corridor — and the next RMG order is likely already in procurement.