Complex Geotechnical Engineering for Port of Gdansk Development – Gateway to Central-Eastern Europe

Abstract

Port of Gdansk development strategy 2027 is to become leading European hub in the Baltic Sea and assumes i.a. improvement of inland road and rail accessibility, increase of the port capacity for container throughput and intermodal transport, increase port’s throughput capacity for goods other than containerized cargo. The paper presents several complex geotechnical design & build tasks that have already been done for port’s infrastructure and superstructure development and extension i.a. road tunnel under Vistula river linking port with city industrial area or Deepwater Container Terminal Gdansk with a new berth and container stacking yards. The paper discusses multiple geotechnical challenges and alternative soil treatment methods. The authors share conclussions and recommendations of successful application of various ground improvement technologies.