Loaded & Unloaded - Helsingborgs Hamn AB

Winter/Spring 2012

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The Port of Helsingborg continues to grow
Photo: Bertil Hagberg
The year 2011 started very strongly and we
gained new market shares. Container volumes
by sea increased by 19 per cent based on the
whole year, which was much more than for our
main competitors. We regard this as proof that
our customers appreciate the quality and service
that the Port of Helsingborg provides.
This is reflected in the SCI survey (satisfied
customer index) that we performed in December.
Overall, results were very positive. I would
like here to thank everyone who took part
in the survey. The information we received is
incredibly valuable for us, giving new impulses
and ideas about how we can continue to improve
our operations.
The shipping industry has rarely been so
marked by such uncertainty as at present.
Quite naturally, the financial crisis is affecting
our market as it affects others too, which we
noticed during the fourth quarter of last year.
But in spite of this we had a positive start to
this year as regards container and trailer operations.
Now we are hoping that this is a trend
that will continue. New market shares are a
prerequisite for being able to develop the port
facility.
There is also a certain uncertainty about the
future as regards to laws and regulations. From
2015, there will be new IMO requirements for
ships operating in the SECA area, involving a
sulphur content of max. 0.1 per cent in fuel,
compared to the present 1.0 per cent. There
are numerous views about how this will affect
the industry. We are planning to establish an
LNG hub in the Port of Helsingborg. We have
applied for and received EU grants for starting

The Port of Helsingborg from the north.
a preliminary study and market analysis. The
LNG project, called HELGA, is being run by the
Port of Helsingborg, the Ports of Sweden, Energigas
Sverige, NSR, Öresundskraft and Kemira.
The question of how the Port of the future will
look, taking into consideration how the city
development project H+ progresses, is also important.
There is no doubt, however, that the
Port’s role as a motor for business and industry
in the Helsingborg region will continue to be
important. The key to success is finding a good
way to co-exist, side by side. We will soon be
Jo Kristian Okstad, CEO, the Port of Helsingborg.
able to study the four contest proposals for
the New West Harbour’s reconstruction and
development. It will be very exciting to see the
new ideas that the contesting teams present.
Ideas that hopefully will lay the foundations of a
new, modern, effective container terminal. The
intention is that we will then supplement these
proposals with financial analyses and a risk
assessment so that we have comprehensive
documentation to present to our owners, the
City of Helsingborg, in the autumn.
Finally, I would like to encourage everyone to
test Scandlines’ newly renovated ferries. There
is now very good reason to take a trip on the
HH route. Jo Kristian Okstad, CEO, the Port of
Helsingborg.
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110,000 tonnes fruit and veg – 2011
was a record year!
The Port of Helsingborg is the Nordic region’s largest port for
the direct import of fruit and vegetables. This was indisputable
in 2011: a total of 6,000 containers of fresh fruit and vegetables
passed through the Port.
Mats Jakobsson, Purchasing Manager Fruit, ICA Göran Kollberg, Purchaser, Everfresh.
Johan Åkesson, Purchasing Manager, Ewerman.
Most of the major Swedish import
companies have chosen Helsingborg
as their logistics hub. There are many
reasons for this, such as the Port’s
unique location, a generous choice of
shipping lines and an effective Combiterminal.
In addition, it is much quicker
to use the train than to ship the goods
round the coast to Stockholm!
New type of cooperation
”Until a couple of years ago, pallets of
fruit were stripped from the containers
and placed in the Port’s refrigerated
warehouse,” explains Kjell-Åke
Ranft, the Port’s sales manager. ”The
Port acted as transit storage. Now the
importers have their own refrigerated
facilities outside the city. We unload
containers to the quay and customers
collect them. The extra service we
provide is to connect power to the refrigerated
containers while they await
collection. Bananas are a special case;
they also require weighing.”
More fruit when times are good
We munched our way through large
quantitities of clementines, bananas
and apples last year. But considering
the global financial situation at the
end of the year, consumption ought
to have stagnated. The fact is that the
economic situation reflects the volumes,
with a certain delayed effect.
“The Port of Helsingborg dominates
the fruit side completely”
The ICA giant is far and away the
biggest importer, volume-wise. Practically
no vegetables come to the
Port of Helsingborg, but considerable
amounts of fruit. Apples and pears
from Chile and Argentina represent
the biggest volumes. Kiwi and grapes
are imported from South America.
The USA is a major pear country too.
Almost all citrus fruits come from
South America, apart from the large
amounts of clementines coming from
Morocco in the winter.
The fruit is transported from the Port
up to ICA’s huge warehouses outside
Helsingborg. In addition, ICA has three
distribution warehouses: in Kungälv,
Stockholm and Borlänge. The fruit
is taken by road from the warehouses
up to the most northern areas of the
country. Handling is quick; the driver
is swapped and the lorries run constantly.
”In the long term, we will see steady
growth and our volumes will develop
in a positive direction in the coming
years,” says Mats Jakobsson, Purchasing
Manager Fruit, ICA. ”We are
continually looking at new solutions,
including the possibility of using the
Port more. The Port of Helsingborg
has been expanding for a number of
years now.”
“Absolutely, we can envisage more
collaboration”
”All fruit and vegetables that we bring

into Sweden in containers arrives
at the Port of Helsingborg,” says Johan
Åkesson, Purchasing Manager at
Ewerman, and tells us that Ewerman is
part of STC GreenFood, which is the
largest independent player in the field
of fruit and vegetables in the Nordic
region.
Ewerman takes in more fruit than vegetables
to the Port of Helsingborg.
Of vegetables, it is onions from New
Zealand that are the major product.
The company imports apples, pears,
grapes and stone fruits from South
American countries such as Chile,
Argentina and Uruguay. Fruit is also
imported from South Africa, New
Zealand, China and Morocco.
The products from Europe are transported
mainly by lorry.
”Yes, we could definitely see ourselves
having more collaboration with
the Port of Helsingborg and taking in
more fruit via the Port,” says Johan
Åkesson. ”We have, for example, considered
taking in bananas via Helsingborg
with a call of our own. Our bananas
come at present via Gothenburg
or by lorry from the continent. Now
that Helsingborg is an authorised
weigher of bananas, we can take in
bananas directly via the Port. What’s
more, CMA CGM has a major project
for operating ships with citrus fruits
from Spain. We think that sounds interesting
too.”
Pink Lady, Granny Smith and 48
more sorts
”We sell between 1,000 and 2,000
tonnes of fruit and veg a day and have
a total of 800 different articles,” says
Göran Kollberg, purchaser at Everfresh.
”For instance, we have about
50 different kinds of apples and about
60 of tomatoes. The countries of
growth for the different articles vary
according to the season. Apples can
come all the way from New Zealand,
from Italy or even from the local orchard
in Ramlösa. More or less all the
fruit to Sweden from the southern
hemisphere passes through the Port
of Helsingborg. Volumes for the spring
are booked with the shipping lines in
December but usually have to be adjusted
due to harvest outcomes in different
countries.
”The Port of Helsingborg is the biggest
hub by far in Sweden,” says Göran
Kollberg. From here we distribute
directly to the whole of Sweden.”
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Excellent boost for PortIT logistics system
Kristina Ahlberg, project leader, Inport
The Port of Helsingborg was proud to be the first port in Sweden
to develop and install the PortIT system. PortIT is an internetbased
system that allows customers and the Port to trace and
track containers - in real time. The new generation is now here:
PortIT 8.
Using wireless communication between
trucks, handheld terminals and
the Port’s IT system, information is
sent the moment a container is moved.
The information is shown simultaneously
on the Port’s website,
where customers who are logged in
can track their containers. The right
information at the right time makes
planning for deliveries much easier for
consignors as well as consignees.
New opportunities with no. 8
PortIT 8 was launched in November.
Apart from the technology having
been renewed to meet future
demands for effective solutions, the
graphic presentation has also been
much improved. All views are now
clearly presented. ”Calls” show which
quays are occupied, and “Containers”
shows loading and unloading plans.
Under this heading you can also see
exactly where the container is standing,
and select according to “Hazardous
goods”, “Damage” etc. Under
“Warehouse hotel” you can see the
location in the warehouse or loading
area. The vessels reporting system
FRS and the Automatic Identification
System (AIS) can be connected to
“Calls”, making it possible to identify
vessels.
EDI and BI make the job easy
Communication between the Port
and our customers is of utmost importance.
To make the day-to-day
work easier and to reduce leadtimes
and sources of error, structured information
is transferred by Electronic
Data Interchange (EDI) according to
an agreed format. A business intelligence
(BI) tool can also be integrated
into PortIT 8, for analysis or decision
support. The solution can be applied
to everything that is measurable, such
as TEUs over quay this year compared
to last.
Easier to pick up and deliver containers
Advance notification of a visit to the
Port can be given under “Advance
Notification Gate”. Drivers who notify
in advance make their own job
easier, as well as ours. Anyone giving
advance notification gets container
status information, thus avoiding unrealised
pickups/deliveries.
Kristina Ahlberg, projektledare, Inport
The Port owns the system
The Port’s IT system Port IT has been
developed in cooperation with Inport
AB in Karlstad. The Port of Helsingborg
has owned Inport AB since the
turn of the year 2010/11.
”We regard our owners very positively.
They are very committed and give
us excellent opportunities for developing
PortIT,” says Kristina Ahlberg,
project leader at InPort. ”But we’re
careful about keeping the roles of owner
and customer separate. When Inport
acts at the Port, we are 100 per
cent in the role of supplier.”
PortIT 8 under way
”We will be phasing the new system
into operations successively,” says
head of stevedoring Johan Ullenby.
”But Inport are doing trials first, in a
test environment, and these will be
assessed. The new PortIT must function
perfectly in order to make things
easier for us and for our customers.
If everything goes according to plan,
version 8 will be under way in the first
quarter of 2012.”

Helsingborg quarantine port
Helsingborg’s border inspection post is one of Sweden’s most
modern. It has been specially designed with three hygiene zones
in order to meet the EU’s and Swedish authorities’ strict hygiene
requirements. The premises now have an additional area of use:
as a quarantine facility.
The new border inspection post in the West Harbour.
The Port of Helsingborg has been
appointed a quarantine port, one of
ten in Sweden. This means that if we
get a call from a ship’s captain saying
that there is an infectious disease on
board, we have a duty to allot them
a berth. Quite simply, we are not allowed
to refuse them.
Perfect premises!
The Port already has premises that
are suitable for quarantine. In fact, the
premises couldn’t be better.
”The border inspection post has three
hygiene zones,” explains Christer
Nilsson, who is environmental coordinator
for the Port. ”Each part has
a completely separate ventilation system
to prevent the risk of infection
spreading. Ventilation is extremely
important with regard to infections
and epidemics, and the infection control
practitioner thought the premises
were perfect.”
Border inspection is interrupted temporarily
in emergencies, and the premises
are converted into quarantine.
An infection control practitioner is
contacted and comes to the Port. The
vessel is then taken to a special berth
from where the crew can be taken to
the premises. There is always a doctor
on call in the region for this purpose.
Stay on board please
”It is of course best if those infected
stay on board,” says Christer Nilsson,
”but if the disease is serious they can
be taken ashore. First they are taken
to the Port premises and then possibly
to the Infections Clinic at the
Helsingborg General Hospital. So far,
thankfully nothing has happened, but
when bird flu prevailed we were on
full alert and went out with information.”
There must be a plan
In addition to providing premises, the
Port has a duty to draw up a plan to
prevent any infection from spreading.
A completely new infection control
plan, compiled by the Port of Helsingborg
together with the City of Helsingborg,
Region Skåne and infection
control practitioners, will be determined
shortly. This deals with berth,
quarantine premises, cordoning off,
procedures, chain of alarm and checklists.
Christer Nilsson, Environment Coordinator,
the Port of Helsingborg.
The infection control practitioner and
the City bear the main responsibility.
If an emergency situation does arise,
they are the ones who must ensure
complete decontamination, such as of
every single piece of luggage on the
ship.
Cruise with many infected passengers
”The cruise ships are efficient and
always isolate their patients quickly,”
explains Christer Nilsson. “They also
alter their destinations if there is infection
at a port of call. They cannot afford
risking the ship being put in quarantine.
A vessel normally has a crew
of 30–40, and we can cope with that
in the Port. But if a whole cruise ship
were to be subjected to infection, the
passengers would have to be evacuated
to other premises such as a military
site.”
The Port of Helsingborg is a very important
pawn in the game. Our port is
well suited to being a quarantine port
on account of its strategic location
halfway along the strait.
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New, effective handling system with
straddle carriers
A completely new handling system is to be tested
and assessed at the Port. Five used straddle carriers
have been bought from Bremerhaven for the purpose.
Using these trucks, handling of containers can
hopefully be rationalised considerably.
”The purchase of the straddle carriers
enable us to study their use as part
of the continuing process of developing
the port,” says Bengt Niklasson,
Technical Manager at the Port. ”We
are ensuring that the Port of Helsingborg
will continue to be the customers’
natural choice. Rational container
handling is one of our concepts for
success.”
250 per cent better!
One great advantage of handling containers
with straddle carriers is that
the containers can be placed more
closely, providing more space in a given
area. The containers are placed
in rows, forming a passage one-anda-half
metres wide between the rows.
The width is currently much greater.
This means in theory that we can increase
our storage capacity by 250
per cent.
Compared to reach stackers, straddle
carriers do not need the same turning
radius and therefore do not need as
much space to do their job. In addition,
the lifting height makes it possible
to lift a container over three stacked
containers, i.e. a total of four containers
high.
Good value trucks
”When we got the chance to buy five
trucks at a price of less than what half
a new truck costs, we took it of cour-
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se,” says Bengt Niklasson.
”We acted fast
and placed an order
before anyone else
had the time to react.
The trucks are of the
Noell make and were
supplied with newly
renovated engines.
One reason for the
very good price is that
no direct aftermarket
exists as most ports
buy in new trucks.”
Training for Port
truck drivers
The straddle carriers
were sent by barge
from Bremerhaven
and arrived at the
Port of Helsingborg
in December. Before
delivery was made,
a group of Port staff
went to Bremerhaven
for training and test
driving. To be able to
drive operatively, 6 -
8 weeks’ training per
driver is required.
’Hamlet’ sails for Elsinore.

Bengt Niklasson, Technical Manager, the Port
of Helsingborg.
Straddle truck, Noell
Max. height is just over 15.5 m.
Max. speed 24 km/h
Outer turning radius 9.6 m.
Lifting capacity 40 tonnes, single lift
Weight with lifting yoke about 57 tonnes
Diesel-electric operation, driving motor Mercedes Benz
Electric steering system, Siemens Simatic S7 system
Lifting height 4 containers high, about 10 m.
The Port of Helsingborg’s straddle carriers in Bremerhaven. When they were delivered to us they had been painted “Port blue”.
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Åsa Solgevik new HR manager at
the Port of Helsingborg
The Port of Helsingborg has
recruited Åsa Solgevik as new
HR Manager. Åsa started the
job on 5 December, having
come to the Port from a position
as personnel manager at
Lappland Resorts AB.
The recruitment of a new Human
Resources manager at the Port of
Helsingborg further increases our
drive in the personnel area. During
recent years, the CEO has had overall
responsibility for personnel, and
ongoing matters have been handled
by department managers. The Port is
now structuring its work in this area
for the benefit of all its employees, for
the sake of its development and of its
attraction as an employer.
Clear personnel structure
”In a knowledge-intensive business
like the Port, it is important to take
advantage of all the existing expertise
and to help to develop the employees
even further. I’m looking forward to
creating a clear personnel structure
and to being able to support management
and staff alike in their day-today
work. But it is also important to
draw up a long-term plan for how the
personnel function can strengthen
the company and make it even more
attractive as a workplace,” says Åsa
Solgevik, new HR Manager at the Port
of Helsingborg.
Solid personnel training
Åsa Solgevik has solid personnel training
and experience of HR matters
31 years old, born and bred in Växjö.
Trained occupational therapist, studied human
work science at Umeå University.
Has worked on HR (human resources) projects at
different companies in Stockholm. Has had ongoing
responsibility for personnel, recruiting, personnel
care and policy matters, and responsibility during
organisational changes at several large companies
throughout Sweden.
Likes to bake, cook and socialise.
Loves exercise: gym, runs, skis, hikes and kitesurfs.
Wants to get keep-fit activities going at the Port.
Partner of Gustav who, rather suitably, is manager
at Stadium sports shop.
from managerial jobs at several large
companies, and she will now be HR
Manager at one of Sweden’s largest
ports, with 260 employees.
”It is important for the Port to be
strengthened from within. Apart from
the Port itself, our employees’ expertise
is our most important asset. By
focusing on strategic HR work, we develop
our employees and strengthen
the Port’s competitiveness on a market
that is under tough pressure,” says
Jo Kristian Okstad, CEO at the Port of
Helsingborg.

SCI shows we’re on the right track
As part of our quality and environment
work we asked our
customers to complete a questionnaire.
We have now compiled
our satisfied customer
index, SCI.
”I’m pleased about the result of the
survey and think we got good response
with a good result this year,”
says Andréas Eriksson, Marketing and
Information Manager at the Port.
”But we are of course always striving
to improve, and we really do pay attention
to what our customers think.
The answers in the SCI provide us
with important information about
More rail shuttles are wanted.
Marketing & Information Manager
Andréas Eriksson.
how the Port functions today, but
perhaps mainly with guidance as to
what we can improve. We are dependent
on our customers - thanks
to them we have a port and a job.”
Wishes become concrete initiatives
The customers’ opinions are very
valuable for the improvement of our
customer service. One of the viewpoints
that emerged from the survey
was that “we would like to see more
rail shuttles”. We can now say that
we have started a rail campaign to
increase the number of shuttles from
the Combiterminal. There were
also requests for “more information
about who among the staff does
what”. We will soon be launching a
new website in order to improve our
accessibility and make it easier to find
the right person for providing quick
answers and correct information.
Becoming even better
”We mustn’t forget that the existing
choices are extensive and that there
are many ports competing,” says Andréas
Eriksson. ”One comment in the
survey takes this up. ’In the expansive
phase in which the Port of Helsingborg
finds itself, it is important not to
lose the advantages of a small port
and to demonstrate flexibility and to
be alert to our requirements.’ We regard
this as an important point, but it
also corresponds well with our vision
’Your best business partner - now
and in the future’. We will be performing
a new SCI at least once a year
to follow up our work. The challenge
is to move the result to even more
positive figures in the next SCI.”
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Loaded & Unloaded
It is now MSC’s vessel ”Athens Trader” that calls at the West Harbour once a week to load and unload containers. The ship is seen here at quay 904.
Another line that operates via the Skåne Terminal is Team Lines. The vessel “Alster” at crane 20 on quay 705 is seen here loading and unloading
containers. Team Lines clear the ships themselves.

The Icelandic Eimskip line calls at the West Harbour once a week. The photo shows one of their vessels “Dettifoss”.
Loaded & Unloaded
Maersk’s vessel “Kornett” is seen here at quay 906 and cranes 18 and 19 in the West Harbour, loading and unloading containers. Maersk Broker
Agency clears the ships.
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Project contest for the New West Harbour
under way
The following teams have advanced to
the West Harbour project contest.
Ramböll Sverige AB, Hamburg Port
Consultans HPC, Liljewall Arkitekter
COWI AB, Wingårdhs, SSPA, Seaport
Group
WSP Sverige AB & WSP Africa Coastal
Engineers, Wåhlin Arkitekter AB
Arkitektfirmaet C.F. Möller A/S, Berg
Arkitektkontor AB, Haskoning Nederland
B.V.
The contest got under way at the
beginning of December, when the
contestants were given a presentation
of the Port of Helsingborg.
The competing teams will each be
paid SEK 500,000 when they submit
an approved proposal. Any contestant
revealing their identity before the
winner is chosen will be disqualified.
The contest is subject to the Swedish
Public Procurement Act.
We have an agreeable problem: Pressure
is high on the Port of Helsingborg,
and market shares are increasing
continuously. But the problem is that
the Port’s infrastructure is not ideal.
For future growth and to increase our
profitability in the long term, we have
to effectivise the Port site. This was
the reason for initiating a project contest
with the goal of developing and
rebuilding the West Harbour.
The project contest for the New
West Harbour includes several stages.
The first was pre-qualification, with
interested parties submitting their
tenders. On the basis of the tenders,
four teams have been chosen, each
with the chance to propose a design
for the future layout of the Port. The
four entries will be displayed at an exhibition
in May.
The assignment is to design the West
Harbour as a modern container terminal
with the capacity to cope with
Oskar Jonsson, CEO assistant, the Port of
Helsingborg
”To enable growth with good profitability
over the next 20 years, it’s
important to start the work now
on developing the Port’s operations.
The project contest is not only exciting
but is also an important step
forward in the development of the
city’s port.”
Jo Kristian Okstad, CEO, the Port
of Helsingborg.
20-30 years of volume development.
The contestants have to present suggestions
for a new gate for use by all
traffic, design a new quay and effectivise
the logistics in and between the
terminals. There are strict demands
for making effective use of space, with
solutions compatible with the surrounding
environment.
Wanted: expert team for complex
task
The contest is open for interested
firms in the fields of architecture, construction,
logistics and effectivisation,
machine construction and with nautical
connections.
Preliminary qualification was completely
open so that anyone could
present a tender. The conditions and
rules of the contest were entered in
a procurement database published in
the whole of the EU. Information was
also distributed in press releases and
via our website.
Marketing & Information Manager Andréas
Eriksson.
Jo Kristian Okstad, CEO, the Port of
Helsingborg.
Where are they all?
November 11 was the final date for
pre-qualification. On the 10th, only
one tender had been submitted and
some tension was felt in the Port office.
Weren’t there any teams with the
expertise we required? Hadn’t our
information been clear enough? On
the morning of 11 November things
started moving and, at the end of the
day, we had 14 high quality tenders.
The final tender arrived by car at the
last minute.
”We hoped that some teams with
the expertise we require would show
an interest, and they did,” says Oskar
Jonsson, CEO-assistant at the Port
of Helsingborg and project coordinator
for the contest. ”It was mainly
Swedish companies who submitted
tenders, with cutting-edge expertise
taken in from Sweden and abroad. A
total of 14 qualified tenders for this
extremely complex task is excellent.”

Detailed documentation
The programme governing the contestants’
work has been drawn up
in minute detail. It says exactly how
the entries are to be composed and
presented. This is so that all the contestants
have the same starting point
and can be judged fairly on the same
grounds. The entries will be completely
anonymous.
”It’s a challenge for us at the Port to be
specific, controlling detail, while also
encouraging creativity,” says Andréas
Eriksson, Marketing and Information
Manager at the Port. ”Naturally, we
are experts in our own field and have
an idea of how we want things. But
at the same time we want to broaden
our view and we value an input
of new ideas.
”We intend to continue working with
the winning team in order to develop
a proposal that we can submit to our
owners, the City of Helsingborg, for
evaluation. The teams see ports from
a general perspective. We are experts
on our particular port, not least
in relation to economy and profitability.
One of the major challenges will
also be to perform construction while
the day-to-work continues in parallel.”
Planning for the future
On the basis of our estimates as well
as those of the industry as a whole,
long term growth in the area of container
handling will be about five per
cent a year. Rebuilding the West
Harbour is one of way of facing this
trend and consolidating the Port of
Helsingborg’s position as the Container
Specialist. With good planning
and clever logistics we will be able to
handle increasingly large volumes in
shorter times, multiplying capacity.
”But our focus is of course always on
our present customers. That’s way
we’re not waiting for the project to
start. We are continually creating
The West Harbour from the air. Photo: Bertil Hagberg
new areas, effectivising and making
improvements,” concludes Andréas
Eriksson.
”To enable growth with good profitability
over the next 20 years, it’s
important to start the work now on
developing the Port’s operations. The
project contest is not only exciting but
is also an important step forward in
the development of the city’s port.”
Jo Kristian Okstad, CEO, the Port of
Helsingborg.
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PO Jansson
In 2009, a project to support shipping
in the process of transferring to
an alternative fuel - liquefied natural
gas (LNG) was started. The project,
called HELGA (Helsingborg Liquefied
Gas Association), is run by the Port of
Helsingborg, the Ports of Sweden, Energigas
Sverige, NSR, Öresundskraft
and Kemira. PO Jansson, former CEO
of the Port of Helsingborg, was involved
in the start-up and is now project
leader for HELGA.
LNG – an alternative shipping fuel
”IMO’s decision that bunker oil may
only contain 0.1 per cent sulphur
creates problems,” says PO Jansson.
“There’s good oil and there’s bad oil.
We already use the best available oil
in our ferries between Elsinore and
Helsingborg. But really good oil is un-
Liquefied natural gas
Shipping is currently operated with conventional bunker oils. To
protect the environment, the International Maritime Organization
(IMO) has decided that vessels operating in the Baltic and
North Sea must reduce their sulphur emissions to 0.1 per cent
from the year 2015. As access to low-sulphur oil is limited, there
is an urgent need for an alternative fuel. HELGA is a project for
liquefied natural gas.
What’s what?
Natural gas and biogas consist mainly of methane. Natural gas is
an imported fossil fuel. Biogas is a renewable fuel that is produced
locally, usually by anaerobic digestion of waste.
The gas that is usually used in vehicles is compressed. Compressed
natural gas (CNG) or compressed biogas (CBG).
Liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquefied biogas (LBG).
The gas is liquefied when cooled to minus 162°C. On cooling, the
volume decreases 600-fold. This means there is space for more fuel.
NSR/Terracastus in Helsingborg is the world’s largest plant for
upgrading methane gas to liquefied biogas (LBG). Three million lorries
pass by Helsingborg every year. NSR will therefore be building
a service station for LBG. In this system, LNG from the Port can be
used if there is a shortage of LBG.
fortunately hard to find, and prices are
going to rocket. The Swedish export
and import industries will incur increased
costs on account of this. One
alternative to bunker oil is liquefied
natural gas (LNG). Natural gas is a
fossil fuel, that’s true, but many people
don’t see its advantages. LNG does
not produce any sulphur emissions at
all, and it is an existing fuel.”
“Gas hub” in Helsingborg
The HELGA project examines what
possibilities there are for building a
service station and storage facility for
liquefied natural gas and biogas within
the Kemira site.
”We will be importing gas from suitable
countries,” explains PO Jansson.
”The liquefied gas will arrive by
sea. The Port of Helsingborg has a
unique location - 50,000 vessels pass
here every year, as well as three million
vehicles. This is a volume of traffic
that provides an excellent base for the
operations.”
The waters outside Helsingborg are
one of the world’s busiest fairways. It
is therefore logical to locate a service
station at a point the ships are passing
anyway. In addition, the Port has a natural
deep dock that allows vessels to
go and refuel. LNG can be used as a
complement to liquefied biogas (LBG)
for heavy road traffic. In addition to
a service station for shipping and for
heavy traffic, a pipe for industrial gas
can be built.

-a contemporary fuel
Hot topic in Europe
The question of finding an alternative
to bunker oil is being driven hard in
Europe. Finding an alternative fuel is
therefore also of importance for the
transport industry. Using LNG, you
can reduce particles as well as nitrogen
oxides (NOx) and sulphur oxides
(SOx). The EU is encouraging more
countries to apply for grants for making
preliminary studies. Ten European
ports have now applied for funds.
HELGA applying for SEK 12 million
HELGA has applied for EU grants for
starting a preliminary study and market
analysis. A survey is required, to
review what is needed for building a
plant in Helsingborg. The EU regards
the opportunities for shipping to relieve
the roads in Europe of traffic as
of great importance and welcomes
all related initiatives for improving the
environment.
”We think the EU will be pleased
about our application,” says PO Jansson.
”They can see now that things
are starting to happen. We are now
waiting for an answer. If we get approval
we will have to pay 50 per cent
ourselves, about SEK 6 million.”
We must plan ahead
”The work on HELGA is not being
done solely to comply with the sulphur
directive,” says PO Jansson. ”We
have to develop alternative energy
sources in time. We all know that
the oil is going to dry up sometime.
Svenska Petroleum & Biodrivmedelinstitutet
(SPBI) say that the oil, with
The ferries already have the best oil.
today’s known deposits, will last for
about another 40 years. Gas should
last about 100. If oil and gas are combined,
the oil will last longer. So there
are suddenly two alternatives. Perhaps
costs can even be kept down in
the long term.
”LNG is definitely a competitive fuel.
The gas will have a good chance of being
able to compete with bunker oil,”
concludes PO Jansson.
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Environmental work on all fronts in Port
The Port has always worked actively on environmental issues.
The work on reducing emissions to air and water, and noise, is
continual. And it is satisfactory to say that the work does pay off.
Removal of din-X cisterns.
One good example is that the diesel
consumption per handled TEU unit
has decreased significantly since 2004.
Carbon dioxide emissions have thus
decreased to the same extent. Every
time a container was moved in 2004,
it took about 4 litres of diesel and
10.75 kg of carbon dioxide was emitted.
Now the corresponding amounts
are 2.64 litres of diesel and 7.09 kg
carbon dioxide.
The change has been achieved by the
Port improving, simplifying and effectivising
its work. The mathematics
are easy: a better flow means less fuel
consumption. The work has involved
minimising the number of lifts per
container and finding ways of moving
the containers over shorter distances
to avoid driving them round the area.
Onwards to gas!
One part of the Port of Helsingborg’s
systematic environmental work is to
replace petrol and diesel fuelled passenger
and transport vehicles with
gas-powered. Of the Port’s total of 53
cars, 10 are gas cars and four others
eco-cars. We can also make a comparison
here between different types
of fuels and the amounts of carbon
dioxide emissions. If you drive 10 km
on diesel, the carbon dioxide emission
is 2.98 kg. If the car is petrol fuelled,
the emission is 2.65 kg/10 km. If you
choose natural gas instead, only 1.12
kg carbon dioxide is emitted. If it is
possible to choose biogas, the level
goes down to a mere 0.39 kg.*
When calculating how environmentally
harmful a vehicle is, the vehicle
is usually seen from a life cycle perspective,
taking the whole production
chain into account. From raw material
and production through to scrapping.
As the declared carbon dioxide emis-
sion does not show the whole climate
impact, the life cycle perspective
should be considered when choosing
a vehicle.
Port has own energy police
The Port of Helsingborg has an energy
saving group consisting of three
experienced men. Christer Nilsson,
Environment Coordinator, Bengt Niklasson,
Technical Manager, and Heinz
Somplatzki who is janitor. The group
is also assisted by independent consultants.
”We examine and review what is possible
to improve,” says Christer Nilsson.
”For instance, we try to phase
out and replace old oil systems with
air/water or air/air heat exchangers.
There is now a new air/water heat
exchanger in the workshop building
instead of the old oil-fired boiler.

The SITA site. Three of the Port’s new gas-driven cars.
Christer Nilsson, Environment Coordinator. Bengt Niklasson, Technical Manager. Heinz Somplatzki,
Janitor.
”We are also reviewing the lighting in
the Port and will gradually be replacing
it. But first we have to check the
lamps’ function. They must not dazzle,
but still provide sufficient light. The
lamps must also be durable.”
Demolition and cleaning up provide
space
The fuel companies in the Port cooperate
in order to save resources.
This means that they do not need all
the areas that were at their disposal
before. After cleaning up the areas
will be taken over and used in the Port
operations.
Din-X has phased out its operations
and removed its cisterns, and the
ground has already been dealt with.
Shell has shut and demolished its buildings
and the ground is to be cleaned
up. Even the SITA site, where there
were oil cisterns from the early 1900s
and, more recently, vehicle washing,
has been cleaned up. The pollution
has been removed and the ground
will be hardened to cope with heavy
reach stackers.
Christer Nilsson says that all demolition
and cleaning up is being done according
to the book.
”We have a comprehensive selfinspection
programme to keep a
check on the groundwater as there is
ground that has long been contaminated
within the port area. Our job
is to ensure that pollution does not
increase or spread.”
Recycling with increasing costs
Swedish ports are obliged by the State
to receive sludge, oily engine-room
waste, free of charge. The Port of
Helsingborg receives about 2,000 m3
per annum in its oil separation facility.
After separation, the sludge is refined
into fuel oil and is re-used in areas
such as the cement industry. One
growing problem, however, is that the
vessels that deposit sludge also leave
an increasing amount of water, which
means that the Port has to transport
a lot of water to the purification plant.
”We have a new rule,” says Christer
Nilsson. ”If the sludge contains 25 per
cent water, we will make an extra
charge. It will thus benefit ships to separate
the oil from water before they
transfer it to the Port of Helsingborg.
* You can visit www.miljöfordon.se
and see how eco-friendly your own
car is.
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Pirates – theme at security symposium in
Saudi Arabia
For the third time, the Ministry
of the Interior and the Frontier
Guard in Saudi Arabia arranged
an international security
symposium. The main focus
was on a topical subject that
attracts much attention: piracy
in the Indian Ocean and Saudi
Arabia’s shipping lanes. Issues
discussed included whether
merchant vessels should be allowed
to have armed guards
on board.
Gathering knowledge
and experience
of security
matters from other
countries lies
in the interests of
the host country.
Mats Rosander,
Traffic Manager at
the Port of Helsingborg,
and also
fire engineer, with
his cutting-edge
expertise in the
field of security,
was invited as a
speaker. Other
lectures during the
symposium dealt
with sea rescue
and coastguard as
well as how to act
during rescues in
sandstorms, which
are in fact similar
to snowstorms.
”All ports must fulfil the global terrorist
protection ISPS code - The
International Ship and Port Facility
Security Code,” says Mats Rosander.
The Port’s Traffic Manager Mats Rosander was one of about 20 speakers.
Port Inspector Karl Rosberg of the Transport Agency in conversation with Rear Admiral Awwad Eid Al-Balawi, responsible
for the 3rd International Symposium on Maritime Disaster Management, his assistants and Traffic Manager Mats Rosander.
”The symposium ended with a very
realistic full-scale exercise with 600
participants from the police, armed
forces, frontier guard, health service
and air force. As specially invited VIP
guests, we were able to watch a pirate
attack.”

Cruise vessels 2012
Date Ship Time
June 1 Star Flyer 10.00-18.00
June 6 Grand Princess 07.00-16.00
July 5 Caribbean Princess 07.00-16.00
August 29 Grand Princess 07.00-16.00
September 4 Ocean Countess 09.30-17.00
2010 2011
1/1-31/12 1/1-31/12 %
Vehicles 2 191 302 2 064 217 -5,8
Passengers 8 539 627 8 338 940 -2,4
Cargo in tonnes 8 306 138 8 403 632 1,2
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Per Anders Johansson, Maria Pingel, Stefan
Henriksson, Li Thornberg, Kent Carlsson,
Bring Frigo Overseas, and Erik Hansen CMA
CGM Scandinavia AS.
Roger Borggren, Eimskip Logistics, Magdalena Lindqvist, Gelita
AB, Lena Borg, Eimskip Logistics, Mattias Hannen, Gelita AB
and Magnus Svensson, Eimskip Logistics.
In the summer and autumn of 2011
the following people and companies
visited the Port of Helsingborg
Lars Petersson, Lars Nolander, Tina Toft and
Henrik Fälldin, SCA Transforest AB.
Thorsteinn Bjarnarson, CEO Eimskip, Helsingborg and Åsbjörn Skulason,
Eimskip Iceland.

Company: Telephone:
+46
Alianca Sweden 31 755 44 20
ACL Sweden AB 31 645 500
All in Shipping (Sweden) AB 42 13 13 15
Aseco AB 31 743 77 00
ZIM Agency in Sweden AB 31 719 44 00
Citadel Shipping AB 42 13 90 75
CMA CGM Scandinavia A/S 42 22 08 50
Eimskip Island ehf, Filial Island 42 17 55 00
Georg Hansen Shipping AB 31 704 14 00
Globaltrans Logistics AB 42 24 25 30
Hamburg Süd Norden AB 31 755 44 00
Hansa Shipping AB 31 354 40 45
Hapag-Lloyd (Sweden) AB 31 337 82 00
Hecksher Linieagenturen AB 31 720 28 80
Hyundai Merchant Marine
(Scandinavia AB) 31 704 81 00
”K” Line (Sweden) AB 42 33 65 50
Lindholm Shipping AB 42 12 60 90
Maersk Sverige AB 31 751 10 00
Maritime Transport & Agencies AB 31 720 39 00
Melship AB 42 13 73 20
MOL (Europe) Nordic 31 335 05 40
MSC Sweden AB 42 38 74 20
NYK Line (Europe) Ltd. 31 31 704 54 00
OOCL (Sweden) AB 31 335 59 00
Overseas Liner Agency AB 31 743 01 80
Panalpina AB 31 74 64 700
Penta Shipping AB 31 704 24 60
Scandlines AB 42 18 60 00
SCA Transforest AB 60 19 35 00
Scanway-Shipping AB 42 20 88 70
Sundship 42 38 52 20
Svenska Orient Linjen AB 31 354 40 30
Transatlantic Southern Africa
Services AB 31 354 40 00
Transweco AB 31 703 78 00
Team Lines AB 08 555 72 692
TT-Line 410 56 000
Unifeeder A/S 31 64 46 80
United Arab Agencies AB 42 20 88 70
United Arab Agencies 31 778 22 50
Agents for Port of Helsingborg
Telephone Telefax
Belgium: Sundman, Brussel, Belgium + 32 (2) 345 76 90 + 32 (2) 345 76 90
E-mail sundman@swing.be
England: Eurolist International Ltd., London, England + 44(20) 7387 7300 + 44 (20) 7387 73 04
E-mail bvdveurolistinternational.com
Latvia: SIA LJS Hanza Ltd, Riga, Latvia. + 371 (7) 830 059 + 371 (7) 322 464
Russia: Inflot JSC, St. Petersburg, Russia + 7 (812) 251 27 48 + 7 (812) 251 85 09
USA: Transmar Ltd, Tiburon, California, USA. + 1 (415) 435 5833 + 1 (415) 435 5835
Shipping Companies, Shipbrokers and Liner Agents
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