HANSA 05-2017

Nor-Shipping
According to Statistics Norway, in Q4 of
2016 the oil export rose to 8.6 mill. t. This
is nearly twice the figure of Q4 2015.
Located within the Bergen harbour district
are marine oil refineries, a number
of bunkering facilities and well-equipped
workshops including slipways, dry docks
and floating docks. The port privides
cranes with lifting capacities of up to 125 t.
In addition, ship agents like Greencarrier
Shipping & Logistics, Nor Lines, Kuehne &
Nagel, Bring Logistics, Sea Cargo Agencies
and Wilhelmsen Agencies, have access to a
wide range of equipment, including trucks
with a lifting capacity of up to 42 t, terminal
tractors and lorries.
Depending on port infrastructure
Norway has strong trade relations with the
EU. According to the German Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, more than 80% of the total
Norwegian exports go to EU member states.
On the other hand, EU member states account
for 65% of Norway’s imports. The
largest foreign trade partners are Germany,
the UK, Sweden, the Netherlands, China
and the USA. Norway owns 42% of the
Western European conventional oil and gas
reserves. Oil and gas products total to more
than 60% of all Norwegian exports. Therefore,
it is also necessary for the coun try to
have a good port infrastructure.
The Port of Grenland is owned by the
municipalities of Bamble, Porsgrunn and
Skien, and is environmentally certified to
ISO 14001 standards. A wide range of cargo
were handled there, for example dry
bulk, wet bulk, general cargo, and containers,
totaling 10.8 mill. t per year. The
terminals have the capacity to host vessels
up to 150,000 dwt. More than 2,500 ships
call Grenland each year. At Tangen quay at
Brevik Terminal coal ships with a length
of 200 m can berth. The roro terminal has
a length of 180 m and includes two roro
Karmsund plans to become a logistc hub
ramps, each with a width of 32 m. Railway
tracks are located right down the quay. The
terminal company, North Sea Terminals,
operates the LoLo Breivik Terminal. According
to Port of Grenland, it is among
Norway’s largest roro terminals. It features
facilities for lolo, roro and dry bulk handling.
From Langesund Ferry Terminal
Fjord Line has daily departures to Hirtshals,
Stavanger and Bergen.
The dry bulk quays at Portsgrunn include
the crane quay with a length of 230 m
at 6,70 m gauge, the deep water quay with a
length of 175 m and a depth of 9.70 m and
the 150 m long Tinfos quay at 6,70 m gauge.
At Skien Harbour Terminal general cargo
and dry bulk are handled. There is one
135 m quay with a depth of 9.5 m and another
with a length of 165 m with the same
depth. The roro ramp measures 30 m. In addition
the stone quay has a depth of 10 m.
Oslo is Norway’s leading cargo and ferry
port. 50 to 70 cargo or passenger vessels
call this hub every week. In 2016, 81 cruise
ships have docked with 155,000 visitors
aboard. But this is a decrease compared
to 2015 when 102 vessels with nearly
200,000 passengers berthed. The cruise
traffc centre includes four piers with
lengths from 249 m to 345 m, all located
close to the city centre.
There are three daily ferry arrivals from
Denmark and Germany. Ferry operator
Color Line links the German port of
Kiel with the Norwegian capital city and
DFDS have a connection to Denmark. But
Oslo also has a container handling facility.
The Sjursøya Container Terminal is
the largest of the country. It is operated
by Yilport and has a throughput capacity
of 300,000 TEU. Cargo is handled with
two Konecranes gantry cranes with a liftig
capacity of 64t and an outreach of 40m,
that go across 15 rows of boxes. Kalmar
delivered two more cranes with a capacity
of 61t and an outreach for vessels with
up to 18 rows. Kalmar also supplied eight
RTGs with a lifting capacity of 50t each,
two reachstackers with 45t lifting capacity
and twelve terminal tractors. Two
Linde-C90 and three Nissan-DX30 complete
the terminal equipment. M
Photo: Port of Bergen
Source: Karmsund Port Authority
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