Even if operations fully resume at the Port of Odesa, western Ukraine will remain logistically linked to Gdańsk.

Volodymyr Demenko, CEO of the Levada Cargo freight forwarding company, expressed this opinion during the panel discussion "Polish Seaports on Europe’s Intermodal Map - Cooperation with Ukraine: A Long-Term Trend or a Crisis Response?" The event took place as part of the conference "Logistics Business Days at the Port of Gdańsk," the Center for Transport Strategies (CFTS) reports.

"Gdańsk is a good location for us, and we have strong relationships with the port and its maritime terminals," Demenko said. "We are developing a network of intermodal terminals in Ukraine. One of them, in Mostyska, is located on the Polish border and connects to the Port of Gdańsk and other locations in Europe."

The panel discussion addressed the future of intermodal transport between Ukraine and Poland after the war.

"Before the war, approximately 1 million TEU were transported to Ukraine annually. Currently, this volume has decreased to 500,000 TEU, of which the Baltic hub handles about 180,000–200,000 TEU. Around 100,000 TEU are transported to Ukraine by rail, while the rest are transported by truck," said Bartłomiej Felczyński, Strategy and Land Transport Development Manager at the Gdańsk Port Authority.

According to Felczyński, immediately after the war began, containerized cargo included goods that were not typically shipped in containers. These goods have since returned to Odesa. Meanwhile, Polish ports continue to offer a comprehensive portfolio of logistics services that are unavailable at Black Sea ports. For this reason, Polish operators expect certain cargo flows to Ukraine to continue to pass through Poland even after the war.

Earlier this autumn, Container Terminal Mostyska (LLC Mostyska Dry Port), part of the Lemtrans Group, held an open day to showcase the operations of its new covered warehouse, which has an area of over 4,000 square meters. The facility has the capacity to load up to 10,000 tons of grain and oilseed meal into containers for export every month. The new warehouse is equipped with a modern A-Ward container stuffing system.

In over three years of operation, the terminal has evolved into a multifunctional logistics hub, handling over 35,000 railcars carrying various cargo annually, including containers, grain, bulk liquids, metals, railway rails, automobiles, and more.