Gaz-System has finished installing more than 500 steel piles for the jetty at Poland’s planned floating LNG terminal in the Gulf of Gdańsk, Offshore Energy reported. The foundation work was completed within the approved timetable and budget, advancing a project intended to provide another route for seaborne natural gas imports.
The piles will carry prefabricated jetty platforms and the equipment needed to operate the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU). A consortium including FABE Polska is building the offshore section. Gaz-System president Sławomir Hinc said contractors had overcome difficult working conditions and variable weather, with platform assembly and preparations for subsea pipeline construction next on the programme.
Work to connect the offshore terminal with the land-based gas system is progressing alongside the jetty. According to Offshore Energy, drilling of a microtunnel more than one kilometre long was completed in August 2026 beneath the forest, dunes and beach at Górki Zachodnie. The tunnel will accommodate the pipeline linking the terminal to the onshore facility. Preparations are under way to recover the specialised boring machine, which remained beneath the Baltic seabed after drilling.
The onshore Gdańsk–Gustorzyn pipeline underwent testing in September. The results were reported to have demonstrated satisfactory workmanship and operational condition. Łukasz Radomski, deputy contract director at the GAP–FABE–UNITEK Consortium, identified coordination of material deliveries, vessel and specialist equipment availability, and offshore and onshore teams as the principal construction challenge.
Meanwhile, outfitting of the FSRU Solidarity continues at a shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, with commissioning scheduled for early 2028. The terminal is intended to receive LNG cargoes by sea and provide storage and regasification, with gas subsequently supplied to customers. Gaz-System describes the programme as a means of diversifying supplies and strengthening the resilience of Poland’s gas system. Energy minister Miłosz Motyka said the development would expand access to global gas markets and reinforce Poland’s role in regional supply.