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PHILIPPINE AMBASSADOR TO POLAND CONGRATULATES THE BALTIC CONTAINER TERMINAL GDYNIA ON ITS NEW 30-YEAR LEASE

27 May 2023 – Ambassador Leah M. Basinang-Ruiz had the honor to attend the Baltic Container Terminal Gala Dinner held at the BCT premises in the Port of Gdynia on 27 May 2023, to celebrate 20 years of BCT lease and operation in Poland and the signing last 19 December 2022 of a new 30-year lease that will run until 2053.

The BCT is 100 percent owned and managed by the Philippine-headquartered International Container Services Inc. (ICTSI), whose Chairman and President, Executive Director Mr. Enrique K. Razon, graced the event as Guest of Honor and Speaker, together with his wife, Mrs. Lizzie Santos-Razon.

Ambassador Ruiz extended the warm felicitations of the Philippine Embassy in Warsaw to Mr. Enrique K. Razon, as well as to BCT President and Chief Executive Officer Wojciech Szymulewicz, noting that this Philippine investment in Poland represents a very important hallmark in Philippines-Poland relations that already spans half a century. Both countries celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations on 22 September 2023.

Ambassador Ruiz also conveyed her greetings and well-wishes to Mr. Jacek Sadaj, President of the Port of Gdynia Authority SA, and Mr. Hans-Ole Madsen, ICTSI Senior Vice President, Regional Head – Europe, Middle East and Africa. END