WARSAW, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Poland will develop the largest logistics hub of its kind in Europe in Slawkow, Silesia, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday, emphasizing its strategic importance for Poland's economic interests.
The expansion of the Euroterminal in Slawkow is a significant infrastructure project with an estimated total investment of 1 billion euros (1.14 billion U.S. dollars).
According to Polish Press Agency, the Euroterminal in Slawkow is set to increase its annual capacity from nearly 285,000 to over 500,000 TEUs, significantly strengthening Poland's position in Europe's logistics network and supporting Ukraine's reconstruction.
At the site, Tusk stressed the need to maintain Polish control over such critical infrastructure and highlighted the importance of active participation in Ukraine's reconstruction.
"It is not just Ukraine, it is not just the eastern direction. That is why we are investing so much money and so much work to make Slawkow this European logistics power, this largest center in Europe, because it is such a logistics heart, where these flows are not only in the east-west direction, but also north-south," Tusk said.
According to Polish Radio, the Slawkow Euroterminal is the European Union's only broad-gauge rail gateway for freight arriving from Ukraine and Asia.
The terminal is located at the junction of the westernmost broad-gauge railway line (1520 mm) and standard-gauge lines (1435 mm), which facilitates the transshipment of containers transported by rail between Asia and Western Europe via Ukraine, among others. ■
