Law and Justice (PiS) MPs Przemysław Czarnek and Marek Gróbarczyk sharply criticised the government’s handling of the planned Przylądek Pomerania container terminal during a press briefing in Świnoujście. The politicians described the start of construction on the project’s technical access road as “a simulation” and “a circus,” arguing that the investment lacks key administrative approvals and has been effectively stalled by the current government.
On Friday, PiS politicians held a press briefing at the entrance to the construction site of the so-called technical road near the Świnoujście Przytór railway station. It was at this location that, on July 13, Infrastructure Minister Dariusz Klimczak announced the “physical launch of a mega-investment” — Przylądek Pomerania, the planned outer port that is intended to accommodate large container ships in the coming years.
PiS Vice President Przemysław Czarnek said the investment underway in Świnoujście is “the hallmark of this government.”
“That hallmark consists of simulations. Nothing but pretending to work on a project that was supposed to generate enormous customs and tax revenues for the state budget. Przylądek Pomerania and the Baltic West Terminal are the names of what was meant to be built here and whose concept was developed under the Law and Justice government,” Czarnek said.
He recalled that the Baltic West Terminal (BWT) project was to be implemented through cooperation between the Szczecin and Świnoujście Seaports Authority and private investors from Belgium and Qatar — the DEME and QTerminals consortium.
“The concept was for a private investor, already equipped with commercial contracts and capable of securing container throughput at this deep-water terminal, to build the investment using its own funds. It was a viable concept, but for the past two and a half years it has simply been suppressed by Tusk’s government,” Czarnek argued.
The PiS vice president claimed that “the investor was essentially pushed out,” while the PLN 1.6 billion originally reserved in the state budget for the project had been reallocated by the Ministry of Infrastructure to other purposes, effectively “burying the investment.” He also noted that the ministry had simultaneously requested that the finance minister secure PLN 7 billion for the years 2027–2029, adding that, in his view, those funds do not exist.
PiS politicians stressed that the planned outer port in Świnoujście had been conceived as a dual-use civilian and military terminal, serving as a logistics hub for NATO forces “far from the Kaliningrad region.” They argued that the current government had “blocked” the Świnoujście terminal because it would compete with German ports.
MP Marek Gróbarczyk listed what he described as the project’s missing approvals, saying that Przylądek Pomerania lacks environmental permits, environmental impact assessments, a location permit, a building permit, and cross-border consultations.
“Simply put, there is nothing,” he said.