The Company’s net profit for 2011, which is 51.6 million PLN (118.9%) higher compared to 2010, amounted to 95 million PLN. This result was significantly influenced by the privatization of two port companies – Morski Terminal Masowy Gdynia Sp. z o.o. and WUŻ Przedsiębiorstwo Usług Żeglugowych i Portowych Gdynia Sp. z o.o. The profit from the sale of shares in both entities amounted to 57.7 million PLN.
In 2011, the second-best operational result in the history of the Gdynia port was achieved, with a total of 15.9 million tons transshipped. It so happens that the net profit achieved [95 million PLN] is also the second-best financial result in the history of the Port of Gdynia Authority S.A.
Last year, 3,371 ships were handled at the Port of Gdynia, compared to 3,526 calls in the previous year. The slight decrease in the number of calls was, however, accompanied by an increase in the average size of ships, resulting both from the ongoing consolidation in shipping markets and from the use by Port of Gdynia customers of improved quay and port channel infrastructure parameters. The result of this was the second consecutive year of growth in transshipment turnover.
Total transshipments in major Polish ports amounted to 62.57 million tons in 2011, showing a minimal decrease of 0.3% compared to 62.76 million tons in 2010.
Port of Gdynia achieved the second-best transshipment result in its history, 15.91 million tons, 8% better than the 2010 result. Gdynia’s share in the turnover of Polish ports last year was 25.4% and was 2% higher compared to 2010. The Port of Gdynia traditionally plays a leading role in general cargo transshipments: in 2011, it held the highest share among Polish ports in this cargo group at 36.6% (9.56 million tons), ahead of the Szczecin-Świnoujście complex at 35.5% (9.29 million tons) and Gdańsk at 27.9% (7.30 million tons).